Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for JUX-TA-PO-SI'TION
JUX-TA-PO-SI'TION, n. [L. juxta, near, and position.]
A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity; as the parts of a substance or of a composition. The connection of words is sometimes to be ascertained by juxtaposition.
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