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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | interposer, from Latin interponere, from ponere 'to put' |
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in‧ter‧pose
[transitive] formal
[transitive] formal1 to put yourself or something else between two other things : She interposed herself between the general and his wife.
She interposed herself between the general and his wife.2 to say something when other people are having a conversation or argument, interrupting them : 'That might be difficult,' interposed Regina.
'That might be difficult,' interposed Regina.