INTERPOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interpose mean? 

• INTERPOSE (verb)
  The verb INTERPOSE has 4 senses:

1. be or come between

2. introduce

3. to insert between other elements

4. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force

  Familiarity information: INTERPOSE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERPOSE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they interpose    ... he / she / it interposes   
Past simple: interposed   
Past participle: interposed   
-ing form: interposing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be or come between

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

An interposing thicket blocked their way

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Introduce

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

God interposed death

Hypernyms (to "interpose" is one way to...):

introduce (bring in or establish in a new place or environment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

To insert between other elements

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

come in; inject; interject; interpose; put in; throw in

Context example:

She interjected clever remarks

Hypernyms (to "interpose" is one way to...):

break up; cut off; disrupt; interrupt (make a break in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

interposition (the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others)

interposition (the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

interfere; interpose; intervene; step in

Context example:

Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?

Hypernyms (to "interpose" is one way to...):

interact (act together or towards others or with others)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interpose"):

meddle; tamper (intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly)

interlope (encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

“I am, sir,” interposed Mr. Micawber.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"But you should penalise father, too," interpose Beth.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

"Besides, the fire is too hot for you," interposed Mary.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“One moment,” Holmes interposed, your statement is, I foresee, one of the most remarkable to which I have ever listened.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mrs. Elton eagerly interposed with, Oh! Mr. Weston, do not mistake me.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

"Long a time, indeed!" interposed Mrs. Jennings.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

He could not help giving Mrs. Norris a hint of his having hoped that her advice might have been interposed to prevent what her judgment must certainly have disapproved.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

A delicate fibrous membrane interposed between the dura mater and the pia mater of the brain and spinal cord.

(Arachnoid Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also associated with muscle cells, Schwann cells, fat cells, and capillaries; and is interposed between the cellular elements and the underlying connective tissue.

(Basilar Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

Here my master interposed, by asking me, “how I could persuade strangers, out of different countries, to venture with me, after the losses I had sustained, and the hazards I had run?”

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)