interpose

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɪn.təˈpəʊz/

Etymology

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

Synonyms

intervene

insert

interject

interfere

mediate

interpolate

intercalate

place between

throw in

thrust

chip in

put in

inject

step in

come in

pierce

reconcile

run in

separate

stick in

chime in

come in between

intervene in

alternate

hold between

divide

go between

implant

infix

inlay

intermeddle

interposition

interrupt

intervention

introduce

intrude

meddle

pad

partition