单词 | appose |
释义 | † apposev.1 Obsolete. 1. To confront with objections or hard questions; to examine, interrogate, question. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > question, interrogate [verb (transitive)] > question intensively apposec1315 opposec1380 demand1526 grate?1538 pump1611 sweat1764 probe1804 draw1854 grill1894 third-degree1928 to put through the wringer1942 c1315 Shoreham 145 Ȝef the faly throf to be aposed, Sey God nys nauȝt in ther wordle a-closed. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 291 Þe childe Jesus..sittynge and apposynge þe doctours. a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 137 The Busschop xal your lyff appose. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 144 Examyn, or apposyn, or a-sayyn [1499 Pynson posen, a1500 BL Add. 37789 posyn], examino. 1553 Short Catech. Edw. VI 495 Thus beginneth the Master to appose his Scholar..I thought it best to oppose thee by certain questions. 1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes xxi. f. cxxviv The mynister should not be compelled to appose and examine the penitent. 1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. O2 You come to appose mee, as if I were a scholer in the Grammar schoole. 1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 65 Question against question: the Iewes appose Iesus, Iesus apposeth the Iewes. 2. absol. and intransitive. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 901 Þaȝ I appose, I schulde not tempte þe wyt so wlonc. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xciii. f. cxxviiv/1 I woll apose & dyspute wyth hym of some necessary thynges. 1553 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (new ed.) sig. Qiiijv The one answering, and deniyng, and the other stil apposing. 1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. U3v I would I might appose. 3. spec. To examine as to accounts, to audit. (Cf. apposer n. 2.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (transitive)] > audit control1422 opposec1475 audit1557 appose1601 fit1653 adjust1676 1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) §44. 26 A serjant naper..shal aunswere for it as often as he shal be apposed. 1738 Hist. View Court of Exchequer v. 96 The Sheriff was apposed anciently in open Court and now by the Cursitor Baron. Thesaurus » 4. = oppose v. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). apposev.2 1. To put or apply one thing to another, as a seal to a document; to put (food) before. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [verb (transitive)] servec1275 spenda1375 serve1381 to serve forth1381 ministerc1400 messa1425 sewc1440 to serve ina1450 to serve upc1475 asservec1500 dish1587 appose1593 to usher in1613 send1662 to hand round1692 to serve away1709 hand1851 the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be in contact with > bring into contact with touchc1300 applya1398 applique1558 appose1593 contact1834 1593 J. Carey Let. in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) IV. 206 The king doth too much appose himself to the Papist faction. 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades ix. 95 Atrides..food sufficient Appos'd before them, and the peers appos'd their hands to it. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. iii. §5. 271 Fire to heate whatsoeuer is apposed. 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 35 One of the antientest Gravings..to which any mark is appos'd. 1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 214 As the iron moves, when the precious stone..is apposed to it. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. iv. 65 The last seal publicly apposed to shame. 2. To place in apposition or juxtaposition; to range side by side. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > place near > place adjacent > to each other to lay together1530 apposea1806 a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 253 Original conceptions, luminously displayed, and judiciously apposed. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 20 The boundaries of species..may be closely apposed..along considerable lengths. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1c1315v.21593 |
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