INTERPOSE
\ˌɪntəpˈə͡ʊz], \ˌɪntəpˈəʊz], \ˌɪ_n_t_ə_p_ˈəʊ_z]\
Definitions of INTERPOSE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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get involved, usually so as to hinder or halt an action; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"
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introduce; "God interposed death"
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to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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introduce; "God interposed death"
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to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks"
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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?"
By Princeton University
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To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light.
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To thrust; to intrude; to between, either for aid or for troubling.
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To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument.
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To be or come between.
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To step in between parties at variance; to mediate; as, the prince interposed and made peace.
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To utter a sentiment by way of interruption.
By Oddity Software
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To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light.
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To thrust; to intrude; to between, either for aid or for troubling.
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To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument.
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To be or come between.
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To step in between parties at variance; to mediate; as, the prince interposed and made peace.
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To utter a sentiment by way of interruption.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To place between: to thrust in: to offer, as aid or services.
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To come between: to mediate: to put in by way of interruption: to interfere.
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INTERPOSER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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