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   In·ter·po·late

   /inˈtərpəˌlāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. insert (something of a different nature) into something else: "illustrations were interpolated in the text"
   • ▪ insert (words) in a book or other text, especially in order to give a false impression as to its date.
   • ▪ alter (a book or text) by insertion of new material.
   • ▪ interject (a remark) in a conversation: "“I dare say,” interpolated her employer"
   • ▪ insert (an intermediate value or term) into a series by estimating or calculating it from surrounding known values.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin interpolat- ‘refurbished, altered’, from the verb interpolare, from inter- ‘between’ + -polare (related to polire ‘to polish’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. interpolative adjective

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