interposition
English
Etymology
From Middle English interposicion, from Old French interposicion, from Latin interpositio
Noun
interposition (countable and uncountable, plural interpositions)
- The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume I, Book 5, Chapter 9, p. 252,
- […] a Scuffle immediately ensued, which might have produced Mischief, had it not been prevented by the Interposition of Thwackum and the Physician […]
- 1814, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume I, Chapter 12,
- “True, true,” cried Mr. Knightley, with most ready interposition—“very true […] ”
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume I, Book 5, Chapter 9, p. 252,
- The thing interposed.
Related terms
- interpose
- interposal
- interposer
- interpositional
Translations
the act of interposing, or the state of being interposed
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the thing interposed
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