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APPOSE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they appose ... he / she / it apposes
Past simple: apposed
Past participle: apposed
-ing form: apposing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Place side by side or in close proximity
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "appose" is one way to...):
lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
apposable (capable of being placed opposite to something)
apposition (the act of positioning close together (or side by side))
appositive (relating to or being in apposition)
