appose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb place side by side or in close proximity

WordNet

Ap*pose" transitive verb
Etymology
F. apposer to set to; (L. ad) + poser to put, place. See Pose.
Definitions
  1. 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. Chapman.
  2. To place in juxtaposition or proximity.
Ap*pose" transitive verb
Etymology
For oppose. See Oppose.
Definitions
  1. To put questions to; to examine; to try. Obs. See Pose.
    To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly. Tyndale.

Webster 1913