v. [a. mod.F. juxtapose-r (1835 in Hatz.-Darm.), f. L. juxtā + F. poser: see COMPOSE v.] trans. To place (two or more things) side by side, or close to one another, or (one thing) by the side of another. Hence Juxtaposed ppl. a.
1851. H. Torrens, in Jrnl. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 2. A people whom chronology helps us to juxta-pose.
1855. H. Spencer, Princ. Psychol., II. ii. (1872), I. 191. They are juxtaposed and contrasted.
1862. R. H. Patterson, Ess. Hist. & Art, 20. If the colours of the juxtaposed objects are not of the same tone.
1879. Cassells Techn. Educ., III. 191/2. When colours are juxtaposed, they become influenced as to their hue.