| appose | (v) place side by side or in close proximity |
| apposite | (adj) being of striking appropriateness and pertinence, Syn. apt, pertinent, Example: the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images; an apt reply |
| apposition | (n) a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows, Example: `Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition |
| apposition | (n) (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material |
| appositional | (adj) relating to or being in apposition, Syn. appositive, Example: an appositive noun |
| appositively | (adv) in an appositive manner, Syn. in apposition, Example: this adjective is used appositively |
| Apposable | a. (Anat.) Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand; able to be brought into direct spatial opposition. |
| Appose | v. t. [ For oppose. See Oppose. ] To put questions to; to examine; to try. [ Obs. ] See Pose. [ 1913 Webster ] To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Appose | v. t. [ F. apposer to set to; &unr_; (L. ad) + poser to put, place. See Pose. ] The nymph herself did then appose, |
| Apposed | a. Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Apposer | n. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Apposite | a. [ L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place. ] Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; |
| Apposition | n. [ L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf. F. apposition. See Apposite. ] It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Appositional | a. Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically. Ellicott. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Appositive | a. Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. -- Appositive to the words going immediately before. Knatchbull. [1913 Webster] |