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Webster 1913 Edition
Interpose
Inˊter-pose′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Interposed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Interposing
.] 1.
To place between;
as, to
. interpose
a screen between the eye and the lightMountains
Make enemies of nations.
interposed
Make enemies of nations.
Cowper.
2.
To thrust; to intrude; to put between, either for aid or for troubling.
What watchful cares do
Betwixt your eyes and night?
interpose
themselvesBetwixt your eyes and night?
Shakespeare
The common Father of mankind seasonably
interposed
his hand, and rescues miserable man. Woodward.
3.
To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument.
Milton.
Inˊter-pose′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To be or come between.
Long hid by
interposing
hill or wood. Cowper.
2.
To step in between parties at variance; to mediate;
as, the prince
. interposed
and made peacePope.
Syn. – To intervene; intercede; mediate; interfere; intermeddle.
– To
Interpose
, Intermeddle
, Interfere
. A man may often interpose with propriety in the concerns of others; he can never intermeddle without being impertinent or officious; nor can be interfere without being liable to the same charge, unless he has rights which are interfered with. “In our practical use, interference is something offensive. It is the pushing in of himself between two parties on the part of a third who was not asked, and is not thanked for his pains, and who, as the feeling of the word implies, had no business there; while interposition is employed to express the friendly, peacemaking mediation of one whom the act well became, and who, even if he was not specially invited thereunto, is still thanked for what he has done.” Trench.
In′ter-pose
,Noun.
Interposition.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Interpose
INTERPO'SE
,Verb.
T.
1.
The act of interposing; interposition; interference; agency between two persons.2.
To place between or among; to thrust in; to intrude, as an obstruction, interruption or inconvenience. What watchful cares do interpose themselves
Betwixt your eyes and night.
Human frailty will too often interpose itself among persons of the holiest function.
3.
To offer, as aid or services, for relief or the adjustment of differences. The emperor interposed his aid or services to reconcile the contending parties. The common Father of mankind seasonably interposed his hand and rescued miserable man--
INTERPO'SE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To put in by way of interruption. But,interposes Eleutherius, this objection may be made against almost any hypothesis.
INTERPO'SE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
interpose
interpose
See also: interposé
English
Verb
interpose (third-person singular simple present interposes, present participle interposing, simple past and past participle interposed)
- (transitive) To insert something (or oneself) between other things.
- to interpose a screen between the eye and the light
- Cowper
- Mountains interposed / Make enemies of nations.
- Shakespeare
- What watchful cares do interpose themselves / Betwixt your eyes and night?
- (transitive) To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
- (intransitive) To be inserted between parts or things; to come between.
- Cowper
- long hid by interposing hill or wood.
- Cowper
- (intransitive) To intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum […]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Synonyms
- (To insert something (or oneself) between other things): insert
- (To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment): interrupt
Translations
to insert something (or oneself) between other things
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to interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment
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to be inserted between parts or things
to intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: interposent, interposes
Verb
interpose
- first-person singular present indicative of interposer
- third-person singular present indicative of interposer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of interposer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of interposer
- second-person singular imperative of interposer