interpose
verb (used with object)
to place between; cause to intervene.
have interposed
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present perfectof interpose.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It is by no means impossible, that, for an end so worthy, Providence on some occasions might directly have interposed.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
I have interposed between you and the buffets of existence.
From Here are Ladies by James Stephens
The Princess would have interposed, but the Count held her back.
From Under a Charm, Vol. II. (of III) A Novel by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
Exposed to their temptations, deprived of all the helpful friendships that have interposed between my life and ruin, should I have done as well?
From The Empire of Love by William J. Dawson
The disciples were safe, had they only known it, whether Jesus would have interposed of His own accord, or whether they might still have needed to appeal to Him, but in a gentler fashion.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick
