different between interposal vs interposition

English

Etymology

interpose +? -al

Noun

interposal (countable and uncountable, plural interposals)

1. (dated) interposure

Anagrams

• platoniser, prelations, prolinates, rantipoles, septrional

English

Etymology

From Middle English interposicion, from Old French interposicion, from Latin interpositio

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.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume I, Book 5, Chapter 9, p. 252,^[1]

     […] a Scuffle immediately ensued, which might have produced Mischief, had it not been prevented by the Interposition of Thwackum and the Physician […]

   • 1814, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume I, Chapter 12,^[2]

     “True, true,” cried Mr. Knightley, with most ready interposition—“very true […] ”

2. The thing interposed.

Related terms

• interpose
• interposal
• interposer
• interpositional

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