juxtaposit

English

Etymology

From Latin iūxtāpōnō (past participle iūxtāpositus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒʌkstəˈpɒzɪt/

Verb

juxtaposit (third-person singular simple present juxtaposits, present participle juxtapositing, simple past and past participle juxtaposited)

1. (archaic) To juxtapose.
   • 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:

     In the whole Surface of an Ox's Crystalline, he reckons there are more than twelve Thousand Fibres juxtaposited.

Related terms

• juxtaposition

References

• “juxtaposit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.