Other forms: interposed, interposing, interposes
To interpose is to put something between, or to intervene. Interpose a question, interpose himself between them, interpose an objection.
It is used both physically, of stepping between two people, and in speech, of putting a remark into somebody else's flow. In law an interposed party is one placed between two others, which is often the point of a shell company.
1verbinterposeTo put something between, or to intervene.
“The teacher interposed herself between the two boys before the fight could start.”
interpose is a placing between.
Latin interponere means to place between — inter, between, plus ponere, to place. French poser shaped the English form.
Proto-Indo-European
*tḱey-
Latin
interpōnō
Middle French
interposer
English, today
interpose
Built from
From Middle French interposer, influenced by poser (“to place, put”), from Latin interpōnō, from inter (“between”) + pōnō (“to place, put”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA