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apposition

Part of Speech: noun

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            1.                                           The                                                         act                                                         of                                                         adding;                                                         application;                                                         accretion.                                    

            2.                                           The                                                           putting                                                         of                                                           things                                                         in                                                         juxtaposition,                                                         or                                                         side                                                         by                                                         side;                                                         also,                                                         the                                                           condition                                                         of                                                         being                                                           so                                                         placed.                                    

            3.                                           The                                                         state                                                         of                                                           two                                                           nouns                                                         or                                                           pronouns,                                                         put                                                         in                                                         the                                                         same                                                         case,                                                         without                                                           a                                                           connecting                                                         word                                                         between                                                         them;                                                         as,                                                           I                                                         admire                                                         Cicero,                                                         the                                                         orator.                                                         Here,                                                         the                                                         second                                                         noun                                                           explains                                                         or                                                           characterizes                                                         the                                                         first.                                    

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These words, by which, according to what follows, the locusts only can be understood, form an explanatory apposition to " the day of the Lord," " the day of darkness," etc. - "Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, v. 1", Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg.
If I say, " A thousand men are on their way," the men are the thousand, and the thousand is nothing but the men; so that I see not why the relation of the terms may not be that of apposition. - "The Grammar of English Grammars", Goold Brown.
The two are still in apposition, not yet in opposition, but the discerning may perchance read a prophecy in the salient features of the priest. - "The Inside of the Cup, Complete", Winston Churchill Last Updated: March 5, 2009.

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