appose

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Last week, as the bandages came off after a minor operation, Terry could appose his thumb well enough to hold his fork in his left hand.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a will of James I.'s reign, the curate of a parish is to appose the children of a charity-school.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various

The nymph herself did then appose, For food and beverage, to him all best meat.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

It seems to be abbreviated from the old verb "to appose;" which meant, to set a task, to subject to an examination or interrogatory; and hence to perplex, to embarrass, to puzzle.

From Notes and Queries, Number 66, February 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Nowe ye appose me, kepe the c�maundementes quod he, that is a payne in dede.

From Two Dyaloges (c. 1549) by Erasmus, Desiderius