Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To place in proximity; juxtapose.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put or apply (one thing) to or near to (another).
- To bring near or next, as one thing to another; put side by side; arrange in juxtaposition.
- To oppose in discussion; bring objections or difficulties before one to be answered; examine; question; pose; puzzle.
- Specifically— To examine (a sheriff) with reference to (his) accounts. See
apposer .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing
to another). - transitive verb To place in juxtaposition or proximity.
- transitive verb To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See
pose .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To place next or to or near to; to
juxtapose . - verb obsolete, transitive To put
questions to; toexamine ortry .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb place side by side or in close proximity
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Well bumbkin boy i would rather have a gay person next to me in a fire fight then any one of you trolls here. as i would feel safer know the gay person has my back and is willing to sever as appose to you cowards who scream and yell about being patriot and american.
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Those who appose a public health insurance option are bought and paid for by the insurance lobby. dominican mama 4 Obama
Obama criticizes political motives of health care reform opponents 2009
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Preferably enough who appose the horrendous healthcare bill that was recently signed, so it can be overturned before causing too much damage to our nation as a whole.
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Well bumbkin boy i would rather have a gay person next to me in a fire fight then any one of you trolls here. as i would feel safer know the gay person has my back and is willing to sever as appose to you cowards who scream and yell about being patriot and american.
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It is truly amazing how in the lack of sound rational arguments, those who appose Christianity are so quick to resort to name calling, baseless accusations, and outright lies about a persons past.
A new form of Christian evangelism: atheist conferences « Anglican Samizdat 2010
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Those who appose any form of a health care agenda in most cases will be defeated financially – big time.
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What I don't get is those people who appose abortion, many of them also appose the health care initiative.
CNN Truth Squad: Does health reform prohibit federal funding of abortion? 2009
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Also, people believe that the one person (or nation) can increase his wealth only by taking wealth from others, so they appose free trade and most free market ideas.
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Those senators who appose him should be fired or retired or both.
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Well bumbkin boy i would rather have a gay person next to me in a fire fight then any one of you trolls here. as i would feel safer know the gay person has my back and is willing to sever as appose to you cowards who scream and yell about being patriot and american.
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