a. [f. L. apposit- (see APPOSITE) + -IVE, as if ad. L. *appositīv-us: cf. It. appositivo (Florio), mod.Fr. appositif.] Of, pertaining to, or standing in apposition. Also as sb.
1693. Knatchbull, Annot., 42. The words in the parenthesis being only appositive to the words going immediately before.
1847. A. Crosby, Grk. Gram., § 331. An appositive agrees in case with its subject.
1883. H. M. Kennedy, trans. Ten Brink’s E. E. Lit., 20. In apposition, whose very nature involves a freer arrangement, the separation of appositive words is almost a rule.
