interposition
nounEtymology From Middle English interposicion, from Old French interposicion, from Latin interpositio.
1
The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.
- […] a Scuffle immediately ensued, which might have produced Mischief, had it not been prevented by the Interposition of Thwackum and the Physician […]1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 9, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V, page 252:
- “True, true,” cried Mr. Knightley, with most ready interposition—“very true […]”1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 12, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC:
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- As he spoke, he tried to catch the remnant of the paper, but was too late—Lady Anne's eye had been more accurate than to admit such an interposition;...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 72:
2
The thing interposed.
- Derived terms
- noninterposition
- Related terms
- interpose, interposal, interposer, interpositional