appose

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/əˈpəʊz/

Definition of appose

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  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.”
    “Then gan Authority her to appose / With peremptorie powre […].”
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verb

  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.”
    “Then gan Authority her to appose / With peremptorie powre […].”
  2. (transitive)To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose.
  3. (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.”

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Etymology

Variant form of oppose.

Hooks

4 extensions · 1 front · 3 back

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