† apposern.
Obsolete.
1. One who apposes; a questioner, examiner.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > one who conducts
ensearchera1382
demander1548
apposer1553
appositor1601
interrogant1647
demandant1656
interrogator1751
1553 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (new ed.) sig. Qiiijv The apposer must fight with weapon of his witte.
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. iii. 151/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Knowledge of the..rules of versifieng (the triall whereof is made by certeine apposers yearelie appointed to examine them).
1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. Apposer, examinateur.
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2. foreign apposer: see foreign adj., n.2, and adv. Compounds 2.
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