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Meaning of appose | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
əˈpəʊz

Definitions

  1. To interrogate; to question.
    obsolete, transitive
  2. To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose.
    transitive
  3. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).
    transitive

Equivalents

Français appose
Italiano appose
Polski przystawiać przystawić
Português apor

Examples

“I shal assaye hir my-self · and sothelich appose / What man of þis worlde · þat hire were leueste.”
“Then gan Authority her to appose / With peremptorie powre […].”
“The nymph herself did then appose, / For food and beverage, to him all best meat.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

apposed apposes apposing appoynted appoynting appoynts

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