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Definition
to insert between other elements; or to interrupt or stop action by others
- I may be deemed superstitious, and even egotistical, in regarding this event as a special interposition of divine Providence in my favor.Chapter 5 (92% in)
- In this state I appeared before my master, humbly entreating him to interpose his authority for my protection.Chapter 10 (25% in)
- All this took place in sight of not less than fifty white ship-carpenters, and not one interposed a friendly word; but some cried, "Kill the damned nigger!Chapter 10 (92% in)
There are no more uses of "interpose" in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
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