interpose
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle French interposer, modification (influenced by poser to put, place), from Latin interpōnō, from inter (“between”) + pōnō (“I place, put”).
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[edit] Verb
interpose (third-person singular simple present interposes, present participle interposing, simple past and past participle interposed)
- (transitive) To insert something (or oneself) between other things.
- (transitive) To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment.
- (intransitive) To be inserted between parts or things.
- (intransitive) To intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation.
[edit] Synonyms
- (To insert something (or oneself) between other things): insert
- (To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment): interrupt
[edit] Translations
to insert something (or oneself) between other things
to interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment
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to intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation
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[edit] Verb
interpose
- third-person singular past historic of interporre
