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The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.

Concern; participation; interposition. He married a daughter to the earl without any other approbation of her father or concernment in it, than suffering him and her come into his presence. Clarendon.

n some parts of the body, in which the arteries empty directly into the veins without the interposition of capillaries. Flint. -- De*riv"a*tive*ly, adv. -- De*riv"a*tive*ness, n.

dotted and checkered spots, usually nearly invisible to the unaided eye, produced by the interposition between the camera and the object of a screen. The name alludes to the fact that this process was the first that was practically successful in reproducing the half tones of the photograph.

by gentle or artful means; -- formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition. Sir H. Wotton. I hope through the insinuation of Lord Scarborough to keep them here till further orders. Lady Cowper.

The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others. But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which can not be uttered. Rom. viii. 26.

A placing or coming between; interposition.

Interposition; intervention. Derham.

The act of coming between; intervention; interposition. Burke.

Interference; interposition. [Obs.] Bacon.

Intervention; interposition. [Obs.] Heylin.

The act of interposing; interposition; intervention.

Interposition. [Obs.]

Interposition. [Obs.]

a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. Sir M. Hale. Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part. Dryden.

Intervention; interposition. [R.]

The act of intervening; interposition. Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax membrane. Holder.

Interposition. [Obs.] Sir H. Blount.

The interposition of new particles of formative material among those already existing, as in a cell wall, or in a starch grain.

To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.