(chiefly technical) The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned / (linguistics) A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement

Of the Lombards, a Germanic people who settled in Italy in the sixth century C.E., or of their language or culture.

To examine or inspect something in order to determine its condition; to check out. / To look after or inquire about someone's well-being.

comparative form of solid: more solid