interpose
verb/ˌɪntəˈpəʊz/
/ˌɪntərˈpəʊz/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they interpose | /ˌɪntəˈpəʊz/ /ˌɪntərˈpəʊz/ |
| he / she / it interposes | /ˌɪntəˈpəʊzɪz/ /ˌɪntərˈpəʊzɪz/ |
| past simple interposed | /ˌɪntəˈpəʊzd/ /ˌɪntərˈpəʊzd/ |
| past participle interposed | /ˌɪntəˈpəʊzd/ /ˌɪntərˈpəʊzd/ |
| -ing form interposing | /ˌɪntəˈpəʊzɪŋ/ /ˌɪntərˈpəʊzɪŋ/ |
- + speech | interpose something to add a question or remark into a conversation
- ‘Just a minute,’ Charles interposed. ‘How do you know?’
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- interpose somebody/something (between A and B) to place somebody/something between two people or things
- He quickly interposed himself between Mel and the doorway.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French interposer, from Latin interponere ‘put in’ (from inter- ‘between’ + ponere ‘put’), but influenced by interpositus ‘inserted’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.
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