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A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.

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  1. v. i. A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.
  2. n. the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
  3. n. a side-by-side position
  4. A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words. Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition. Glanvill. Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity. Hare.
  5. A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side byside; as, a juxtaposition of words.Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition. Glanvill.Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity. Hare.
  6. n:100 n. the act of positioning close together (or side by side) n. a side-by-side position