interpose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To insert something (or oneself) between other things.
To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment.
To offer (one's help or services).
To be inserted between parts or things; to come between.
To intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation.

/ˌɪn.təˈpəʊz/ /ˌɪn.tɚˈpoʊz/ en-au-interpose.ogg

interpose interposes interposing interposed

From Middle French interposer, influenced by poser (“to place, put”), from Latin interpōnō, from inter (“between”) + pōnō (“to place, put”).

insert interrupt

interposable interposal interposingly interposure uninterposed uninterposing

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