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Webster 1913 Edition


Interpose

Inˊter-pose′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Interposed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Interposing
.]
[F.
interposer
. See
Inter-
, and
Pose
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
To place between;
as, to
interpose
a screen between the eye and the light
.
Mountains
interposed

Make enemies of nations.
Cowper.
2.
To thrust; to intrude; to put between, either for aid or for troubling.
What watchful cares do
interpose
themselves
Betwixt 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 peace
.
Pope.
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.
s as z. [L. interpono, interpositum; inter and pono, to place.]
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.
To step in between parties at variance; to mediate. The prince interposed and made peace.
1.
To put in by way of interruption.
But,interposes Eleutherius, this objection may be made against almost any hypothesis.

INTERPO'SE

,
Noun.
Interposal. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


interposé

interposé

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French

Verb

interposé m (feminine singular interposée, masculine plural interposés, feminine plural interposées)

  1. past participle of interposer