apposition

• The 'of' here does not indicate apposition, as in the 'shield of faith,' or 'the helmet of salvation,' nor is it the 'of' of possession, so that the meaning is to be taken as being the sword which the Spirit wields, but it is the 'of' expressing origin, as in the 'armour of God'; it is the sword which the Spirit supplies. —  Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
• It must then be tied very firmly and secured with a reef knot The edges of the wound must be brought into accurate apposition, and secured by one or two stitches. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
• The incisions in the palate for this purpose certainly aid apposition, but many surgeons entertain doubts whether the division of the muscles has much to do with the good result, and believe that the simple incisions in the mucous membrane, in a proper direction, are all that is required (see Fig. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
• That sutures should be inserted to keep the edges in apposition, yet not so tightly as to cause ulceration. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
• 3.--Fasciation in Lettuce Fasciation.=--In the preceding instances of union between the branches, &c.;, the actual number of the fused parts is not increased; but if it happen that an unusual number of buds be formed in close apposition, so that they are liable to be compressed during their growth, union is very likely to take place, the more so from the softness of the young tissues. —  Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants

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