Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-TER-POSE', v.t. [s as z. Fr. interposer; L. interpono, interpositum; inter and pono, to place.]

1. To place between; as, to interpose a body between the sun and the earth.
2. To place between or among; to thrust in; to intrude, as an obstruction, interruption or inconvenience. What watchful cares do interpose themselves / Betwixt your eyes and night. Shak. Human frailty will too often interpose itself among persons of the holiest function. Swift.
3. To offer, as aid or services, for relief or the adjustment of differences. The emperor interposed his aid or services to reconcile the contending parties. The common Father of mankind seasonably interposed his hand and rescued miserable man. Woodward.