| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| juxtapose |
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| SYLLABICATION: | jux·ta·pose |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  j k st -p z |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: jux·ta·posed, jux·ta·pos·ing, jux·ta·pos·es
To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French juxtaposer : Latin i xt , close by; see yeug- in Appendix I + French poser, to place (from Old French; see pose1).
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