INTERPOSE Copy link • INTERPOSETRANS., interponere (to place between, aliquid or aliquem alicui rei or alicui): interjicere or interjacere (to cast between; absolutely, legionariis interjaciunt cohortes, Caes., ; aliquid inter aliquid atque aliquid, Cic.; aliquid alicui rei, e.g., nasus quasi murus oculis interjectus, Cic.). To interpose some delay, moram aliquam interponere (rei faciendae or quin, etc.): to interpose one’s authority, auctoritatem suam interponere or interserere alicui rei. INTRANS., To come in as mediator, etc., se interponere: intercedere: intercessionem suam interponere (post-Augustan, Suet. = to interfere to prevent). To interpose to prevent anything [Vid: “INTERFERE to prevent anything. “] To put in by way of interruption, interponere (but as transitive verb, the interposed words being the object): interpellare aliquem (to interrupt): inquam, inquit (say I, says he).