appose verb¹ trans.ME.
[Old French aposer var. of oposer OPPOSE. Aphet. to POSE verb².]
1. Confront with objections or hard questions: examine, interrogate. ME-M17.

2. spec. Examine as to accounts; audit. E17-M18.

■ apposal noun a searching question; enquiry, investigation, esp. legal examination of accounts: LME-E19.

■ apposer noun a person who apposes; spec. an Exchequer officer who audited sheriffs' accounts: LME-M19.

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appose verb² trans. [ǝ'pǝʊz] L16.
[from Latin apponere after compose, expose, etc.: see APPOSITE, POSE verb¹.]
1. Put or apply (a thing) to another. L16.

2. Place in apposition or juxtaposition. E19.

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