APPOSE
Ap*pose", v. t. Etym: [For oppose. See Oppose.]
Defn: To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose.
To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly. Tyndale.
APPOSED
Ap*posed", a.
Defn: Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.
APPOSER
Ap*pos"er, n.
Defn: An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.
APPOSITE Ap"po*site, a. Etym: [L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place.]
Defn: Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat;
— followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case.
— Ap"po*site*ly, adv.
— Ap"po*site*ness, n.
APPOSITION Ap`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf. F. apposition. See Apposite.]
1. The act of adding; application; accretion. It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter. Arbuthnot.