apposta

Updated: May 31, 2025

But this signification is somewhat forced, a posta, or apposta, being more properly used with the meaning of on purpose or deliberately, and the first four editions supply a reading without this difficulty, and one which adds a new and significant feature to the description. They unite in the omission of the letter a.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860