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Definition of Interpose
1. Verb. Be or come between. "An interposing thicket blocked their way"
2. Verb. Introduce. "God interposed death"
3. Verb. To insert between other elements. "She interjected clever remarks"
Generic synonyms: Break Up, Cut Off, Disrupt, Interrupt
Derivative terms: Interjection, Interjection, Interposition, Interposition
4. Verb. 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?"
Generic synonyms: Interact
Specialized synonyms: Meddle, Tamper, Interlope
Derivative terms: Interference, Intervenor, Intervention
Definition of Interpose
1. v. t. To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light.
2. v. i. To be or come between.
3. n. Interposition.
Definition of Interpose
1. [v -POSED, -POSING, -POSES]
Medical Definition of Interpose
1. 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. 3. To utter a sentiment by way of interruption. Synonym: 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." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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