2. The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.
3. (Gram.)
Defn: The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first. Growth by apposition (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance.
APPOSITIONAL
Ap`po*si"tion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.
Ellicott.
APPOSITIVE
Ap*pos"i*tive, a.
Defn: Of or relating to apposition; in apposition.
— n.
Defn: A noun in apposition.
— Ap*pos"i*tive*ly, adv.
Appositive to the words going immediately before. Knatchbull.
APPRAISABLE
Ap*prais"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being appraised.