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English word origin

Etymology of appose

Variant form of oppose.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
verb

To interrogate; to question.

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Variant form of oppose.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose. · To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).

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Coined based on Latin appōnō, by analogy with compose, suppose etc.

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