appose

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Last week, as the bandages came off after a minor operation, Terry could appose his thumb well enough to hold his fork in his left hand.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nowe ye appose me, kepe the c�maundementes quod he, that is a payne in dede.

From Two Dyaloges (c. 1549) by Erasmus, Desiderius

It seems to be abbreviated from the old verb "to appose;" which meant, to set a task, to subject to an examination or interrogatory; and hence to perplex, to embarrass, to puzzle.

From Notes and Queries, Number 66, February 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

In a will of James I.'s reign, the curate of a parish is to appose the children of a charity-school.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various