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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Interpose \In`ter*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Interposing.] [F. interposer. See Inter-, and Pose, v. t.] [1913 Webster]

1.To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light. [1913 Webster]

Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations.— Cowper.[1913 Webster]

2.To thrust; to intrude; to put between, either for aid or for troubling. [1913 Webster]

What watchful cares do interpose themselves Betwixt your eyes and night?— Shak.[1913 Webster]
The common Father of mankind seasonably interposed his hand, and rescues miserable man.— Woodward.[1913 Webster]

3.To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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