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Interposition definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTERPOSI'TION, n. [L. interpositio.]
1. A being, placing or coming between; intervention; as the interposition of the Baltic sea between Germany and Sweden. The interposition of the moon between the earth and the sun occasions a solar eclipse.
2. Intervenient agency; as the interposition of the magistrate in quieting sedition. How many evidences have we of divine interposition in favor of good men!
3. Mediation; agency between parties. By the interposition of a common friend, the parties have been reconciled.
4. Any thing interposed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts [syn: interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation]
2: the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others [syn: interposition, intervention]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the act of interposing b. the action of a state whereby its sovereignty is placed between its citizens and the federal government 2. something interposed

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act of interposing. 2 a thing interposed. 3 an interference. Etymology: ME f. OF interposition or L interpositio (as INTER-, POSITION)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Interposition In`ter*po*si"tion (?; 277), n. [L. interpositio a putting between, insertion, fr. interponere, interpositum: cf. F. interposition. See Interpone, Position.] 1. The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation. 2. The thing interposed.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Mediation, intervention, interpellation, intercession.

Moby Thesaurus

encroachment, entrance, entrenchment, impingement, imposition, incursion, infiltration, influx, infringement, injection, inroad, insinuation, interagency, intercession, interference, interjection, interloping, intermediation, interposure, interruption, intervention, intrusion, invasion, involvement, irruption, mediation, obtrusion, stepping in, trespass, trespassing, unlawful entry