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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

appositus

, p. p. of

apponere

to set or put to;

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

Noun.

Adj.

s as z. [L. appositus, set or put to, from appono, of ad and pono, to put or place.]

Suitable; fit; very applicable; well adapted; followed by to; as, this argument is very opposite to the case.