appose /əˈpəʊz/ verb3 •To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose. •To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).The nymph herself did then appose, / For food and beverage, to him all best meat. — 1614 •(no longer used) To interrogate; to question.I shal assaye hir my-self · and sothelich appose / What man of þis worlde · þat hire were leueste. — 1550 formsapposed · apposing · apposes