Definition of "interposition" noun countable and uncountable , plural interpositions
The act of interposing , or the state of being interposed ; a being , placing , or coming between ; mediation . quotations examples
Quotations […] a Scuffle immediately ensued , which might have produced Mischief , had it not been prevented by the Interposition of Thwackum and the Physician […]
1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 9, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], book 5, page 252
“True , true ,” cried Mr . Knightley , with most ready interposition very true […] ”
1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 12, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray
As he spoke , he tried to catch the remnant of the paper , but was too late —Lady Anne 's eye had been more accurate than to admit such an interposition
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 72