juxtaposit

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English

Etymology

From Latin iūxtāpōnō (past participle iūxtāpositus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒʌkstəˈpɒzɪt/

Verb

juxtaposit (third-person singular simple present juxtaposits, present participle juxtapositing, simple past and past participle juxtaposited)

  1. (archaic) To juxtapose.
    • 1713, W Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. , London: W Innys, , →OCLC:
      In the whole Surface of an Ox's Crystalline, he reckons there are more than twelve Thousand Fibres juxtaposited.

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