Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1. 
 place side by side or in close proximity; 
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Appose \Ap*pose"\, v. t. [F. apposer to set to; ? (L. ad) +
   poser to put, place. See Pose.]
   1. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to
      another).
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            The nymph herself did then appose,
            For food and beverage, to him all best meat.
                                                  --Chapman.
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   2. To place in juxtaposition or proximity.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Appose \Ap*pose"\, v. t. [For oppose. See Oppose.]
   To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose.
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         To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly.
                                                  --Tyndale.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
appose
    v 1: place side by side or in close proximity