interpose

• All which at last became so very great a grievance that the legislature was again forced to interpose, and by an act of the 9th of the late King, the Mint, as it was commonly called, situated in the parish of St. George's, Southwark, in the county of Surrey, was taken away, and the punishment of transportation, and even death, inflicted upon such who should persist in maintaining there pretended privileges. —  Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences
• Speaker did not interpose, and Chancellor hurried on to another point of his argument Quite a long time since our old friend Form IV., at one time a familiar impulse to party vituperation, was mentioned in debate. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, July 1, 1914
• Every attempt on the part of the tutor to interpose, therefore, was met by uplifted and warning hand and prompt "Permit me" or "Permit Mr. Sloan to finish, if you please," which was galling in the last degree. —  A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike
• I am concerned for him; I am not a stranger in blood; if I do interpose-- well, well, I have done. —  The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes
• America might complain; she could not then interpose, and delay seemed justifiable. —  Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings

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