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interpositions

interpositions is the plural of interposition.

Meaning of interposition

Noun

interposition (countable and uncountable, plural interpositions)

  1. The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.
    • […] a Scuffle immediately ensued, which might have produced Mischief, had it not been prevented by the Interposition of Thwackum and the Physician […]1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 9, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V, page 252
  2. The thing interposed.

Questions about interpositions

What is interpositions the plural of?
Interpositions is the plural of interposition.

Words near interpositions in the dictionary

  1. interposingly
  2. interposit
  3. interposition
  4. interpositional
  5. interpositioned
  6. interpositions
  7. interpositive
  8. interpositives
  9. interposits
  10. interpostzygapophyseal
  11. interposure

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