interposition

Roget category 228

2. Words relating to space
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#228. Interposition

noun

interposition, interjacence^†, intercurrence^†, intervenience^†, interlocation^†, interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation.
[interposition at a fine-grained level] interpenetration — permeation — infiltration.
[interposition by one person in another's affairs, at the intervenor's initiative] intervention, interference — intrusion, obtrusion — insinuation.
insertion etc. 300 — dovetailing — embolism.
intermediary, intermedium^† — go between, bodkin^†, intruder, interloper — parenthesis, episode, flyleaf.
partition, septum, diaphragm — midriff — dissepiment^† — party wall, panel, room divider.
halfway house.

verb

lie between, come between, get between — intervene, slide in, interpenetrate, permeate.
put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in — interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave, intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in — let in, dovetail, splice, mortise — insinuate, smuggle — infiltrate, ingrain.
interfere, put in an oar, thrust one's nose in — intrude, obtrude — have a finger in the pie — introduce the thin end of the wedge — thrust in etc. (insert) 300.

adjective

interjacent^†, intercurrent^†, intervenient^†, intervening etc. v., intermediate, intermediary, intercalary, interstitial — embolismal^†.
parenthetical, episodic — mediterranean — intrusive — embosomed^† — merged.

adverb

between, betwixt — twixt — among, amongst — amid, amidst — mid, midst — in the thick of — betwixt and between — sandwich-wise — parenthetically, obiter dictum.

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