JUXTAPOSE

PRONUNCIATION: (JUHK-stuh-pohz)

MEANING: verb tr.: To place side by side for comparison or contrast.

ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from juxtaposition, from Latin juxta (near, next) + French poser (to place). Ultimately from the Indo-European root yeug- (to join), which is also the ancestor of junction, yoke, yoga, adjust, enjoin, rejoinder, junta, junto, syzygy, jugular, jugulate, subjugate, zeugma, and rejoinder. Earliest documented use: 1851.
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JUXT S'POSE - let's pretend

JUXTAPPOSE - that's redundant!

JUNTA POSE - the rulers put it there