a. (Anat.) Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand; able to be brought into direct spatial opposition.
Syn. -- opposable [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ For oppose. See Oppose. ] To put questions to; to examine; to try. [ Obs. ] See Pose. [ 1913 Webster ]

To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. apposer to set to; &unr_; (L. ad) + poser to put, place. See Pose. ] 1. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). [ 1913 Webster ]

The nymph herself did then appose,
For food and beverage, to him all best meat. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To place in juxtaposition or proximity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf. F. apposition. See Apposite. ] 1. The act of adding; application; accretion. [ 1913 Webster ]

It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically. Ellicott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. -- n. A noun in apposition. -- Ap*pos"i*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Appositive to the words going immediately before. Knatchbull. [1913 Webster]