Dictionary entry

Interpose

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In′ter‐pose″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Interposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Interposing.] [F. interposer. See Inter-, and Pose, v. 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? Shak.

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.