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interposition

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in⋅ter⋅po⋅si⋅tion

  [in-ter-puh-zish-uhn]
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–noun
1. the act or fact of interposing or the condition of being interposed.
2. something interposed.
3. the doctrine that an individual state of the U.S. may oppose any federal action it believes encroaches on its sovereignty.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME interposicio(u)n < L interpositiōn- (s. of interpositiō), equiv. to interposit(us) (ptp. of interpōnere to place between) + -iōn- -ion
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in·ter·pose   (ĭn'tər-pōz')   
v.   in·ter·posed, in·ter·pos·ing, in·ter·pos·es

v.   tr.

    1. To insert or introduce between parts.

    2. To place (oneself) between others or things.

  2. To introduce or interject (a comment, for example) during discourse or a conversation. See Synonyms at introduce.

  3. To exert (influence or authority) in order to interfere or intervene: interpose one's veto.

v.   intr.

  1. To come between things; assume an intervening position.

  2. To come between the parties in a dispute; intervene.

  3. To insert a remark, question, or argument.


[French, from Old French interposer, to intervene, alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place) of Latin interpōnere, to put between : inter-, inter- + pōnere, to put; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]
in'ter·pos'al n., in'ter·pos'er n., in'ter·po·si'tion (-pə-zĭsh'ən) n.
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Word Origin & History

interposition 
1412, from O.Fr. interposicion (12c.), from L. interpositionem (nom. interpositio), from interpositus, pp. of L. interponere, from inter- + ponere (see position). Interpose is 1599, from M.Fr. interposer (14c.), from L. interponere.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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