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English
Etymology
From Latin iūxtāpōnō (past participle iūxtāpositus).
Pronunciation
Verb
juxtaposit (third-person singular simple present juxtaposits, present participle juxtapositing, simple past and past participle juxtaposited)
- (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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