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appositive definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or being in apposition; "an appositive noun" [syn: appositional, appositive]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1693 of, relating to, or standing in grammatical apposition • appositive noun • appositively adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Appositive Ap*pos"i*tive, a. Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. -- n. A noun in apposition. -- Ap*pos"i*tive*ly, adv. Appositive to the words going immediately before. --Knatchbull.