# interpose

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˌɪn.təˈpəʊz/

## Definitions
1. To insert something (or oneself) between other things.
2. To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment.
3. To offer (one's help or services).
4. To be inserted between parts or things; to come between.
5. To intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation.

## Etymology
From Middle French interposer, influenced by poser (“to place, put”), from Latin interpōnō, from inter (“between”) + pōnō (“to place, put”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/interpose