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Appositive

Appositive \Ap*pos"i*tive\, a. Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. -- n. A noun in apposition. -- Ap*pos"i*tive*ly, adv.

Appositive to the words going immediately before.
--Knatchbull.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
appositive

1690s, from Latin appositus, past participle of apponere "to put to" (see apposite) + -ive. As a noun, from 1847.

Wiktionary
appositive

a. of or being in apposition. n. (context grammar English): a word or phrase that is in apposition.

WordNet
appositive

adj. relating to or being in apposition; "an appositive noun" [syn: appositional]

Usage examples of "appositive".

The same principle of comma use applies to participial phrases and to appositives.