apposer

English

Etymology

From appose +‎ -er.

Noun

apposer (plural apposers)

1. An asker; someone who poses questions.
2. (historical) In the English Exchequer of Pleas, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.

References

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

Anagrams

• poperas

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.po.ze/

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Verb

apposer

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of apposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	apposer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	apposant /a.po.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		apposé /a.po.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	appose /a.poz/	apposes /a.poz/	appose /a.poz/	apposons /a.po.zɔ̃/	apposez /a.po.ze/	apposent /a.poz/
	imperfect	apposais /a.po.zɛ/	apposais /a.po.zɛ/	apposait /a.po.zɛ/	apposions /a.po.zjɔ̃/	apposiez /a.po.zje/	apposaient /a.po.zɛ/
	past historic2	apposai /a.po.ze/	apposas /a.po.za/	apposa /a.po.za/	apposâmes /a.po.zam/	apposâtes /a.po.zat/	apposèrent /a.po.zɛʁ/
	future	apposerai /a.poz.ʁe/	apposeras /a.poz.ʁa/	apposera /a.poz.ʁa/	apposerons /a.poz.ʁɔ̃/	apposerez /a.poz.ʁe/	apposeront /a.poz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	apposerais /a.poz.ʁɛ/	apposerais /a.poz.ʁɛ/	apposerait /a.poz.ʁɛ/	apposerions /a.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	apposeriez /a.po.zə.ʁje/	apposeraient /a.poz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	appose /a.poz/	apposes /a.poz/	appose /a.poz/	apposions /a.po.zjɔ̃/	apposiez /a.po.zje/	apposent /a.poz/
	imperfect2	apposasse /a.po.zas/	apposasses /a.po.zas/	apposât /a.po.za/	apposassions /a.po.za.sjɔ̃/	apposassiez /a.po.za.sje/	apposassent /a.po.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	appose /a.poz/	—	apposons /a.po.zɔ̃/	apposez /a.po.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• apposition

Further reading

• “apposer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012