Apposable
to place side by side, as two things; place next to; juxtapose.
to put or apply (one thing) to or near to another.
adjective
capable of being apposed or brought into apposition
(anatomy) another word for opposable (sense 2)
verb (transitive)
to place side by side or near to each other
(usually foll by to) to place (something) near or against another thing
v.
“to apply” (one thing to another), 1590s, either from french apposer (from a “to;” see ad-, + poser “to place;” see pose (v.1)), or else formed in english from latin apponere (see apposite) on -n-logy of compose, expose, etc. in middle english, an identical word was a variant spelling of oppose. related: apposed; apposing.
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