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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 In·ter·pose v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interposed p. pr. & vb. n. Interposing.]
 1. To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light.
 Mountains interposed
 Make enemies of nations.   --Cowper.
 2. To thrust; to intrude; to put between, either for aid or for troubling.
 What watchful cares do interpose themselves
 Betwixt your eyes and night?   --Shak.
    The common Father of mankind seasonably interposed his hand, and rescues miserable man.   --Woodward.
 3. To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument.