interpose

interpose is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light.
2. transitive verb. To thrust; to intrude; to between, either for aid or for troubling.
3. transitive verb. To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument.
4. intransitive verb. To be or come between.
5. intransitive verb. To step in between parties at variance; to mediate; as, the prince interposed and made peace.
6. intransitive verb. To utter a sentiment by way of interruption.
7. noun. Interposition.
8. verb. to insert between other elements

   "She interjected clever remarks"

   Synonyms: inject, interject

9. verb. introduce

   "God interposed death"

10. verb. be or come between

    "An interposing thicket blocked their way"

11. verb. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force

    "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"

    Synonyms: interfere, intervene

Synonyms

inject, interject, interfere, intervene

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in interpose:

entropies, isentrope

Common word forms

interposed, interposer, interposes, interposing

Words from these letters

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