juxtapose(v = verb.contact) Array - place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors"
is one way to lay, place, pose, position, put, set
Derived forms noun juxtaposition1, noun juxtaposition2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
To place in juxtaposition. Huxley. [1913 Webster]
juxtapose, v.tr.
1 place (things) side by side.
2 (foll. by to, with) place (a thing) beside another.
Derivative:
juxtaposition n. juxtapositional adj.
Etymology:
F juxtaposer f. L juxta next: see POSE(1)
VB be contiguous, join, adjoin, abut on, march with, graze, touch, meet, osculate, come in contact, coincide, coexist, adhere, juxtapose, contact, join (unite), link (vinculum).
VB compare to, compare with, collate, confront, place side by side, juxtapose, set against one another, pit against one another, contrast, balance, identify, draw a parallel, parallel, compare notes, institute a comparison, parva componere magnis.