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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, chapter 9, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A Millar, , →OCLC, book 5, page 252:[…] a Scuffle immediately ensued, which might have produced Mischief, had it not been prevented by the Interposition of Thwackum and the Physician […]
1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 12, in Emma: , volume I, London: for John Murray, →OCLC:“True, true,” cried Mr. Knightley, with most ready interposition—“very true […] ”
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: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;...
- The thing interposed.
Translations
the act of interposing, or the state of being interposed