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单词 interposition
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interpositionn.

/ˌɪntəpəʊˈzɪʃən/
Etymology: < French interposition, Old French also -icion (12th cent. in Hatzfeld and Darmesteter), < Latin interpositiōn-em , noun of action frominterpōnĕre to interpone v. Not derivationally related to interpose n., but associated with it in Old French by contact of form, and adoption of -poser as virtual representative of Latin -pōnĕre; compare composition, disposition, etc.
The action of interpose v.
1.
a. The action of placing something or oneself between; the fact of being placed or situated between; intervention.
ΘΚΠ
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
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. v. (Digby 230) lf. 38 b/1 So þe mone haþ made diuisioun By here sodein interposicioun.
a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. B4v If..the Sea do extende, without interposition of lande.
1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. F.i v One verse either immediatly, or by mutuall interposition, may be aunswerable to an other.
1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent ii. 11 Without the Interposition of a Female Parent.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lviii. 272 He made the cell..black by the interposition of his body.
1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire ii. 7 The sovereign's person..was removed further from the subject, by the interposition of a host of officials.
b. An instance of this; sometimes quasi-concrete, that which is interposed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > that which is interjacent > something interposed
interjection1598
intercalation1649
interposition1650
interpositive1650
interlineary1670
interlocation1834
interpolation1851
interlay1901
1650 O. Cromwell Let. 4 Sept. in Writings & Speeches (1939) (modernized text) II. 322 The enemy,..gathered towards the hills; labouring to make a perfect interposition between us and Berwick.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 58 A Narrative..which though it may appear too great an interposition to our travel, will..I hope find acceptance.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 222 A shelter and a kind of shading cool Interposition, as a summers cloud. View more context for this quotation
1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth iv. 278 The Seasons were..without any quick Interpositions of Day and Night to disturb them.
1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 104 I will not..call these intervening chapters either Interpellations or Interpositions, or Interlocations, or Intervals.
2. The action of interfering or intervening in a matter; intervention between persons or in a person's behalf; interference, mediation. With an and plural, an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun]
interventionc1425
interposition1462
striking1530
intercourse1586
entermise1600
intervening1605
intermitter1611
interposal1625
interveniencea1627
intermission1628
interveniency1660
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > [noun]
erndinga1000
mediationa1387
advocacyc1390
mediacya1425
meanc1450
moyen1454
interposition1462
mean1465
myance?a1513
advocation1532
intercession1534
advocateship?1555
intercessionment1593
interceding1600
intermise1612
means-making1617
intermission1647
interposal1687
spoke1867
1462 J. Gloys in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 250 Lete sum interpretour go a-twix you and my mastres your moder.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 258 Nature in Generall disavoweth hir [Reason's] jurisdiction, and interposition.
1670 Ld. North Narr. Passages Long Parl. in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) I. 8 The Pacification was effected wholly by Interposition of the English Commissioners.
1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth iv. 218 'Tis not very easy..exactly to determine how far, and in what particulars, a supernatural or miraculous Interposition of the Divine Power is concern'd.
1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. i. 16 By the immediate interposition of Providence.
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. xii. 425 His interpositions in her favour became more cold.
1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. ix. 255 The interposition of the Praetor and the acceptance of his mediation expanded into the Administration of Justice in the Roman State.
1877 W. Sparrow Serm. xxii. 298 In the matter of religion, man needs the direct interposition of divine authority.
3. A parenthesis; a digression. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > discursiveness or digression > a digression
sojournc1330
digressionc1374
adigression1483
start1534
interposition1553
vagary1572
excursion1574
excourse1579
parecbasis1584
parenthesis1594
transversal1612
evagation1618
passage1625
far-about1639
excurrency1650
deviation1665
parathesis1668
alieniloquy1727
side-slip1843
excursus1845
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 89v Some vse so manye interpositions, bothe in their talke and in their writinge, that they make their sayinges as darke as hell.
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