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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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
As though Heaven would have interposed to prevent it! said the thoughtful and romantic.
From Elster's Folly by Mrs. Henry Wood
To have interposed any such words as “Hector said so and so” would have had a frigid effect.
From On the Sublime by H. L. (Herbert Lord) Havell
When manhood arrives most of us have interfered with nature's way of breathing and have interposed something quite different from that we used earlier.
From Seed Thoughts for Singers by Frank Herbert Tubbs
If they had been in Nazareth, they would probably have interposed as they subsequently did at Capernaum where we find them living, Mark iii.
From Pastor Pastorum by Rev. Henry Latham
