Crossword clues for interpose
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Interpose \In`ter*pose"\, v. i.
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To be or come between.
Long hid by interposing hill or wood.
--Cowper. To step in between parties at variance; to mediate; as, the prince interposed and made peace.
--Pope.-
To utter a sentiment by way of interruption.
--Boyle.Syn: To intervene; intercede; mediate; interfere; intermeddle.
Usage: To Interpose, Intermeddle, Interfere. A man may often interpose with propriety in the concerns of others; he can never intermeddle without being impertinent or officious; nor can be interfere without being liable to the same charge, unless he has rights which are interfered with. ``In our practical use, interference is something offensive. It is the pushing in of himself between two parties on the part of a third who was not asked, and is not thanked for his pains, and who, as the feeling of the word implies, had no business there; while interposition is employed to express the friendly, peacemaking mediation of one whom the act well became, and who, even if he was not specially invited thereunto, is still thanked for what he has done.''
--Trench.
Interpose \In`ter*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Interposing.] [F. interposer. See Inter-, and Pose, v. t.]
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To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light.
Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations.
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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. To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument.
--Milton.
Interpose \In"ter*pose\, n. Interposition. [Obs.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To insert something (or oneself) between other things. 2 (context transitive English) To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment. 3 (context intransitive English) To be inserted between parts or things; to come between. 4 (context intransitive English) To intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation.
WordNet
v. be or come between; "An interposing thicket blocked their way"
introduce; "God interposed death"
to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks" [syn: interject, come in, put in, throw in, inject]
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?" [syn: intervene, step in, interfere]
Usage examples of "interpose".
The Bishop leapt the chancel rail and was about to seize him when Miss Airedale, loyal to the last, interposed.
Interposes between this riparian woodland and the river is often a fringe of the evergreen, shrubby composite called batamote or seepwillow.
I forgot to say that when I would have slurred the excellence of the Baldwin in comparison with the Bellflower, Horace began at once to interpose objections, and defended the excellence and perfection of that variety.
The computer interposed averaging algorithms, permitting the cores to compromise with one another, and gradually, after three days, an unstable equilibrium arose.
Interposed between the axis-cylinder and this tube, there is a fluid, containing a considerable quantity of fatty matter, from which is deposited a highly refracting substance which lines the tube.
Jones instantly interposed on behalf of the suffering party, and pinned the insulting conqueror up to the wall: for the puppet-show man was no more able to contend with Jones, than the poor party-coloured jester had been to contend with this puppet-man.
By a separate article, the king of Great Britain promised to furnish him with three hundred thousand crowns, and to interpose his good offices with the queen of Hungary, that his electoral dominions should be favourably treated.
Alarmed, or seemingly alarmed, at this information, he solicited the maritime powers to fulfil their engagements, and interpose their good offices with the court of Petersburgh.
Britannic majesty to interpose his good offices, in conjunction with France and him, to compromise the disputes which threatened to embroil the northern parts of Europe.
These lines and the succeeding stanza are addressed to Pandarus, who had interposed some words of incitement to Cressida.
Metals are not only opaque to light and heat, but also to electrical energy, which passes through both iodine solution and glass almost as though they were not interposed.
A great translucent figure appeared from the ether before and around her, thin as a breath of the wind, barely visible, surrounding the Bolg king and Lady Cymrian with its body, interposing itself between them and the rampaging dragon.
But as Ada interposed and laughingly said she could only feel proud of such genuine admiration, Mr.
When the talk had gone on for a few minutes Adela interposed a question.
I promise you to---n fact, not to interpose any obstacle if Adela thinks she can be present at the lunch.