interpose
/ˌɪn.tɚˈpoʊz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "to interpose a screen between the eye and the light"
- "What watchful cares do interpose themselves Betwixt your eyes and night?"
- "Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one."
- "As one who in his journey bates at Noone, Though bent on speed, so her the Archangel paused Betwixt the world destroyed and world restored, If Adam aught perhaps might interpose; Then with transition sweet new Speech resumes."
- "“A beautiful country!” “I suppose it is. Everybody says so.” “Your cousin Feenix raves about it, Edith,” interposed her mother from her couch."
- "Suppose, unlook’d for in a scene so rude, Long hid by interposing hill or wood, Some mansion neat and elegantly dress’d, By some kind hospitable heart possess’d Offer him warmth, security and rest;"
Etymology
From Middle French interposer, influenced by poser (“to place, put”), from Latin interpōnō, from inter (“between”) + pōnō (“to place, put”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *tḱey-, interposer, interpōnō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɪn.tɚˈpoʊz/
- British English: /ˌɪn.təˈpəʊz/