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  • 51introduce — 1 *enter, admit Analogous words: induct, install, inaugurate (see INITIATE): instill, inculcate, implant: infuse, inoculate, imbue 2 Introduce, insert, insinuate, interpolate, intercalate, interpose, interject mean to put something or someone in… …

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  • 52interposition — in•ter•po•si•tion [[t]ˌɪn tər pəˈzɪʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) the act of interposing or the state of being interposed 2) something interposed 3) gov the doctrine that an individual state of the U.S. may oppose any federal action it believes encroaches on… …

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  • 53disc — /dɪsk / (say disk) noun 1. any thin, flat, circular plate or object. 2. a round, flat area. 3. the apparently flat surface of the sun, etc. 4. Computers → disk. 5. a gramophone record. 6. a disc brake. 7. Botany, Zoology, etc. any of various… …

  • 54interposition — /ɪntəpəˈzɪʃən/ (say intuhpuh zishuhn) noun 1. the act or fact of interposing or of being interposed. 2. something interposed …

  • 55interposition — [in΄tər pə zish′ən] n. [ME interposicioun < OFr interposicion < L interpositio < pp. of interponere: see INTERPOSE] 1. an interposing or being interposed 2. a thing interposed ☆ 3. the disputed doctrine that a state may reject a federal… …

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  • 56in´ter|pos´ing|ly — in|ter|pose «IHN tuhr POHZ», verb, posed, pos|ing. –v.t. 1. to put between; insert: »to interpose the hand between the eye and a light. 2. to put forward; break in with: »She interposed an objection at this point. –v.i …

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  • 57in´ter|pos´er — in|ter|pose «IHN tuhr POHZ», verb, posed, pos|ing. –v.t. 1. to put between; insert: »to interpose the hand between the eye and a light. 2. to put forward; break in with: »She interposed an objection at this point. –v.i …

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  • 58in|ter|pose — «IHN tuhr POHZ», verb, posed, pos|ing. –v.t. 1. to put between; insert: »to interpose the hand between the eye and a light. 2. to put forward; break in with: »She interposed an objection at this point. –v.i …

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  • 59A — ([.a] emph. [=a]). 1. [Shortened form of an. AS. [=a]n one. See {One}.] An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically. At a birth ; In a word ; At a blow . Shak. Note: It is placed before… …

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  • 60After — Aft er, prep. 1. Behind in place; as, men in line one after another. Shut doors after you. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Below in rank; next to in order. Shak. [1913 Webster] Codrus after Ph?bus sings the best. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Later in time;… …

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