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Webster 1913 Edition


Apposer

Ap-pos′er

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Noun.
An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs’ accounts.

Webster 1828 Edition


Apposer

APPO'SER

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Noun.
An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. In the English Court of Exchequer there is an officer called the foreign apposer. This is ordinarily pronounced poser.

Definition 2024


apposer

apposer

English

Noun

apposer (plural apposers)

  1. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions.
  2. (historical) In the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.


French

Etymology

a- + poser, with senses based on Latin appōnō, appōnere.

Pronunciation

Verb

apposer

  1. (transitive) to put up, stick up, attach
  2. (law) to stamp, sign

Conjugation