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apposing

apposing is the present participle and gerund 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 apposing

What is apposing the present participle and gerund of?
Apposing is the present participle and gerund of appose.

Words near apposing in the dictionary

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

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