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apposes

apposes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of appose.

Meaning of appose

Verb (1)

appose (third-person singular simple present apposes, present participle apposing, simple past and past participle apposed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
    • I shal assaye hir my-self · and sothelich appose / What man of þis worlde · þat hire were leueste.c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “[Passus III]”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...] (Cr, B-text), London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, →OCLC

Verb (2)

appose (third-person singular simple present apposes, present participle apposing, simple past and past participle apposed)

  1. (transitive) To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose.
  2. (transitive) 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.1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615...

Questions about apposes

What is apposes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Apposes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of appose.

Words near apposes in the dictionary

  1. apposable
  2. appose
  3. apposed
  4. apposer
  5. apposers
  6. apposes
  7. apposing
  8. apposite
  9. appositely
  10. appositeness
  11. appositenesses

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