Interpose Definition
ĭntər-pōz
interposed, interposes, interposing
verb
interposed, interposes, interposing
To be or come between.
Webster's New World
To place or put between; insert.
Webster's New World
To introduce by way of intervention; put forward as interference.
Webster's New World
To place (oneself) between others or things.
American Heritage
To interrupt.
Webster's New World
Origin of Interpose
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French from Old French interposer to intervene alteration (influenced by poser to put, place) of Latin interpōnere to put between inter- inter- pōnere to put apo- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French interposer, modification (influenced by poser to put, place), from Latin interpōnō, from inter (“between”) + pōnō (“I place, put”).
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