Ap-pōse′, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [Fr. apposer, to set to, O. Fr. to question, from Lat. ad and ponere, positum, to put, place; Pr. apausar. Cf. DEPOSE and POSE.] 1. To place opposite or before. [Obs.] The nymph herself did then appose, For food and beverage, to him all best meat. Chapman. 2. To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See POSE. To oppose him without any accuser, and that secretly. Tyndale.