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interpolate verb [ ɪnˈtəːpəleɪt ]

• insert (something of a different nature) into something else.
• "illustrations were interpolated in the text"
Similar: insert, interpose, introduce, enter, add, incorporate, inset, implant, build, put,
• interject (a remark) in a conversation.
• "‘I dare say,’ interpolated her employer"
Origin: early 17th century: from Latin interpolat- ‘refurbished, altered’, from the verb interpolare, from inter- ‘between’ + -polare (related to polire ‘to polish’).


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