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Interpose is defined as to insert or introduce.

(verb)

An example of interpose is to start a new topic of conversation.

See interpose in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to place or put between; insert
to introduce by way of intervention; put forward as interference
to introduce (a remark, opinion, etc.) into a conversation, debate, etc.; put in as an interruption

Origin: Fr interposer, altered (infl. by poser: see pose) < L interpositus, pp. of interponere, to set between < inter-, between + ponere, to put, place: see position

intransitive verb

to be or come between
to intervene or mediate
to interrupt

Related Forms:

interposal noun
interposer noun

See interpose in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb in·ter·posed, in·ter·pos·ing, in·ter·pos·es

verb, transitive

a. To insert or introduce between parts.
b. To place (oneself) between others or things.
To introduce or interject (a comment, for example) during discourse or a conversation. See Synonyms at introduce.
To exert (influence or authority) in order to interfere or intervene: interpose one's veto.

verb, intransitive