interposingadj.
/ɪntəˈpəʊzɪŋ/ That interposes (in senses of the verb).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [adjective] > placing between
interposing1626
interlininga1658
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [adjective] > intervening in another's business
interposing1626
interloping1871
1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xv. 311 So Zancle once on Italie confind; Till interposing waues their bounds dis-ioynd.
1647 T. May Hist. Parl. i. i. 7 Without any interposing authority.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. x. 521 My interposing train For mercy pleaded.
1836 J. H. Newman et al. Lyra Apost. 56 So dreary seem'd Death's interposing veil.
Derivatives
interˈposingly adv. in an interposing manner, by way of interposition.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > interruption > [adverb]
interpolatively1836
interposingly1845
interruptingly1851
interjectorily1891
1845 E. Robinson Whitehall II. xviii. 194 Said the president, interposingly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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interˈposing
interˈposing n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > action of placing between
interposition1412
object1526
objectionc1550
interplacing1567
interjecture1578
interlarding1581
interjecting1583
chopping1587
interjection1598
interpose1610
interlocation1611
interposal1625
intermission1628
interposure1628
intercalation1649
interposing1657
interpolation1849
sandwiching1877
intrapolation1956
1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 5 Wee often lose sight of them, by interposing of the waves.
1659 J. Milton Civil Power in Wks. (1851) 329 Those ends which he can likely pretend to the interposing of his force therin.
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