Ap*pose", v. t. [For oppose. See Oppose.] To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose.
To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly.
Tyndale.
Ap*posed" (&?;), a. Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.
Ap*pos"er (&?;), n. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.
Ap"po*site (&?;), 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.
Ap`po*si"tion (&?;), n. [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.
2. The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.
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.
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.
Ap`po*si"tion*al (&?;), a. Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically. Ellicott.
Ap*pos"i*tive (&?;), a. Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. -- n. A noun in apposition. -- Ap*pos"i*tive*ly, adv.
Appositive to the words going immediately before.
Knatchbull.
Ap*prais"a*ble (&?;), a. Capable of being appraised.
Ap*prais"al (&?;), n. [See Appraise. Cf. Apprizal.] A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.
Ap*praise" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appraised (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Appraising.] [Pref. ad- + praise. See Praise, Price, Apprize, Appreciate.] 1. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.