appose

verb
/əˈpəʊz/

Etymology

Coined based on Latin appōnō, by analogy with compose, suppose etc.

  1. derived from appōnō

Definitions

  1. To interrogate

    To interrogate; to question.

    • I shal assaye hir my-self · and sothelich appose / What man of þis worlde · þat hire were leueste.
    • Then gan Authority her to appose / With peremptorie powre […].
  2. To place next or to or near to

    To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose.

  3. To place opposite or before

    To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).

    • The nymph herself did then appose, / For food and beverage, to him all best meat.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA