interposition
Noun
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Noun
interposition
- 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.
- French: interposition
- German: Einfügen, Einwerfen, Einflechten, Zwischenschalten
- Spanish: interposición
- German: Einfügung, Einschaltung, Zwischenschaltung, Vermittlung
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