"appose" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈpəʊz/ Forms: apposes [present, singular, third-person], apposing [participle, present], apposed [participle, past], apposed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊz Etymology: Variant form of oppose. Etymology templates: {{m|en|oppose}} oppose Head templates: {{en-verb}} appose (third-person singular simple present apposes, present participle apposing, simple past and past participle apposed)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-appose-en-verb-w5JdB9WG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /əˈpəʊz/ Forms: apposes [present, singular, third-person], apposing [participle, present], apposed [participle, past], apposed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊz Etymology: Coined based on Latin appōnō, by analogy with compose, suppose etc. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tḱey-}}, {{der|en|la|appōnō}} Latin appōnō, {{m|en|compose}} compose, {{m|en|suppose}} suppose Head templates: {{en-verb}} appose (third-person singular simple present apposes, present participle apposing, simple past and past participle apposed)
  1. (transitive) To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose. Tags: transitive Translations (place next to or near to): съпоставям (sǎpostavjam) (Bulgarian), apor (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-appose-en-verb-p~gFhjQj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 63 16 Disambiguation of 'place next to or near to': 85 15
  2. (transitive) To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-appose-en-verb-nOJdUgWp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: apposable, malapposed Related terms: apposite, apposition, inapposite
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for appose meaning in English (3.2kB)

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