Appose vs Opposed - What's the difference?
appose | opposed |
(obsolete) To interrogate; to question.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.9:
To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose.
To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).
* Chapman
Acting in opposition; opposing.
Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.
(oppose)
As verbs the difference between appose and opposed
is that appose is to interrogate; to question while opposed is past tense of oppose.As an adjective opposed is
acting in opposition; opposing.appose
English
Etymology 1
Variant form of oppose.Verb
(appos)- Then gan Authority her to appose / With peremptorie powre […].
Etymology 2
Coined based on (etyl) , by analogy with compose, suppose etc.Verb
(appos)- The nymph herself did then appose , / For food and beverage, to him all best meat.
