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Definition of interpose :
1. Interposition.
2. To be or come between.
3. To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument.
4. To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light.
5. To step in between parties at variance; to mediate; as, the prince interposed and made peace.
6. To thrust; to intrude; to between, either for aid or for troubling.
7. To utter a sentiment by way of interruption.
Synonyms:
get into, chuck up the sponge, go in, interfere, inclose, chime in, quit, set up, come out, barge in, store, interlard, include, install, place, arbitrate, meddle, deputize, get in, intermeddle, interrupt, intercept, interpolate, chisel in, move into, drop out, intercede, salt away, enter, hive away, instal, stack away, lay in, go into, fall by the wayside, come in, cut in, mediate, shoot, intervene, enclose, butt in, stick in, put in, break in, step in, substitute, throw in the towel, come, drop by the wayside, submit, stash away, give up, throw in, deputise
insert (part of speech: verb)
insert, penetrate, embed, inset, insinuate, infiltrate, pierce, inject, lodge, introduce, intrude, implant
interpose (part of speech: verb)
enlace, intersperse, sandwich, interject, bracket
Usage examples:
- It was not for him to interpose between Warry Raridan, a man who had brought him the sweetest friendship he had ever known, and the girl whom fate had clearly appointed Warry to marry. - "The Main Chance", Meredith Nicholson.
- Be assured that I shall not interpose between you and her. - "The Hour and the Man An Historical Romance", Harriet Martineau.
- They are apprehensive of difficulties with the French, and wish the English and Americans to interpose. - "Journal of an African Cruiser", Horatio Bridge.