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Feb 15, 2019
This week’s themeWords that aren’t what they appear to be
This week’s words
bloodnoun
sodalist
reprobate
appurtenance
appose
A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Gargappose
PRONUNCIATION:
(uh-POHZ) 
MEANING:
verb tr.: To place next to or side by side: to juxtapose.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin apponere (to put near), from ad- (near) + ponere (to put). Ultimately from the Indo-European root apo- (off or away), which is also the source of after, off, awkward, post, and puny. Earliest documented use: 1593.
USAGE:
“You look at m/e, you smile at m/e infinitely, m/y eyes are apposed to your eyes, / am seized by unnameable joy and horror.”
Lillian Faderman; Chloe plus Olivia; Viking; 1994.
See more usage examples of appose in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
Lillian Faderman; Chloe plus Olivia; Viking; 1994.
See more usage examples of appose in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
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