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Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-ter-pohz
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn tərˈpoʊz



Definition of interpose

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Middle French interposer (14c.), from inter- (see inter-) + poser (see pose (v.1)). Related: Interposed; interposing.
  • verb interrupt
Example sentences :
  • Interpose not, Mr. Solmes, said I, to save me from my brother's violence.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Maggy looked round of a sudden, and stared for at least a minute; but did not interpose.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • The finer feminine instinct of Abigail led her to interpose.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • Her they believe to interpose in the affairs of men, and to visit countries.
  • Extract from : « Tacitus on Germany » by Tacitus
  • Fine would then interpose, with a thoughtlessness of which she soon repented.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • The Abb Radiguet was forced to interpose again for there were slaps in the air.
  • Extract from : « The Fte At Coqueville » by Emile Zola
  • And here I will interpose a question: What are the true forms of government?
  • Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato
  • The King's not yet informed, but will not dare To interpose.
  • Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke
  • These sort of pedantries were a passion with him, and I did not interpose a word as he spoke.
  • Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever
  • Whenever I attempted to interpose a word in my defence, I was overborne at once.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

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