APPOSE Definition & Meaning

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appose

[ uh-pohz ]

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verb (used with object)

apposed, apposing.

to place side by side, as two things; place next to; juxtapose.
to put or apply (one thing) to or near to another.

appose

/ əˈ��əʊ�� /

verb

to place side by side or near to each other
usually foll by to to place (something) near or against another thing

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of appose¹

1585–95; by analogy with compose, propose, etc. < Latin ��ō�Ա�� to place near, set alongside, equivalent to ap- ap- ¹ + ��ō�Ա�� to place

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of appose¹

C16: from Old French apposer, from poser to put, from Latin ��ō�Ա��

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After coffee, Watson capitulated: perhaps the backbone was on the outside, and the bases—A, T, G, and C—faced in, apposed against each other.

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Last week, the department of fisheries and oceans confirmed the dire state of sockeye when it warned only 600,000 were expected to spawn this year, as apposed to the normal return of five million.

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“We want to have people see the downtown from the river as apposed to seeing the river from downtown.”

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Just wish he would appose #brexit for an Xmas gift for the UK.

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“These toys learn and develop as appose to a tech toy which will always say the same thing back to you.”

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