Lexic.us

Definition of Apposite

1. Adjective. Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence. "An apt reply"

Definition of Apposite

1. a. Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case.

Definition of Apposite

1. Adjective. Appropriate, relevant, well-suited; fit. ¹

2. Adjective. Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition. ¹

3. Adjective. Related, homologous. ¹

4. Noun. (rare) Something that is apposite ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apposite

1. relevant [adj] - See also: relevant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apposite

Literary usage of Apposite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"... 222] (which was the case of an admin- strator), are somewhat apposite to the case now before us. "The intestate," said the court, "had been largely ..."

2. A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity: With Notes by Horace Binney Wallace, Frederick Thomas White, John Innes Clark Hare, Owen Davies Tudor (1876)
"... This position is very apposite to the present case; all the difference is, that here is no positive act of the trustees, but only laches or neglect in ..."

3. The Life of John Jay: With Selections from His Correspondence and by William Jay (1833)
"... much paper with apposite anecdotes; but I forbear to enlarge on topics which (mutatis mutandis) the history of Greece and other countries, ..."

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