In`ter*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Interposed (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Interposing.] [F. interposer. See
Inter-, and Pose, v. t.]
1. To place between; as, to interpose
a screen between the eye and the light.
Mountains interposed
Make enemies of nations.
Cowper.
2. 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.
3. To introduce or inject between the parts
of a conversation or argument. Milton.
In`ter*pose", v. i. 1.
To be or come between.
Long hid by interposing hill or
wood.
Cowper.
2. To step in between parties at variance; to
mediate; as, the prince interposed and made peace.
Pope.
3. To utter a sentiment by way of
interruption. Boyle.
Syn. -- To intervene; intercede; mediate; interfere;
intermeddle. -- 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.
In"ter*pose (?), n.
Interposition. [Obs.]
