Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AP'PO-SITE
AP'PO-SITE, a. [s as z. L. appositus, set or put to, from appono, of ad and pono, to put or place.]
Suitable; fit; very applicable; well adapted; followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case.
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