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- noun Plural form of
apposite .
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Hugh gave the boy apples or other small apposites (let us hope it was not apples, or the consequences of such gross ignorance would be equally marvellous), but the child was too interested in the bishop to notice the gifts.
Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England 1886
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