Interpose

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interpose
v. place between, insert; place oneself between, mediate; inject a remark in the middle of a conversation, interject


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interpose
Verb
1. be or come between; "An interposing thicket blocked their way"
2. introduce; "God interposed death"
(hypernym) introduce
3. to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks"
(synonym) interject, come in, put in, throw in, inject
(hypernym) interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
(derivation) interposition
4. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"
(synonym) intervene, step in, interfere
(hypernym) interact
(hyponym) poke into, intrude into, meddle with, horn in



BabylonFrench English dictionaryDownload this dictionary
interposer
v. interpose, insert, place

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interporre
v. interpose, interject, insert

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Interpose
(v. t.)
To thrust; to intrude; to between, either for aid or for troubling.
  
 
(v. t.)
To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light.
  
 
(v. t.)
To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument.
  
 
(v. i.)
To utter a sentiment by way of interruption.
  
 
(v. i.)
To step in between parties at variance; to mediate; as, the prince interposed and made peace.
  
 
(v. i.)
To be or come between.
  
 
(n.)
Interposition.
  

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