interpolate
to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
Mathematics. to insert, estimate, or find an intermediate term in (a sequence).
to alter (a text) by the insertion of new matter, especially deceptively or without authorization.
to insert (new or spurious matter) in this manner.
Origin of interpolate
1Other words from interpolate
- in·ter·po·la·ble [in-tur-puh-luh-buhl], /ɪnˈtɜr pə lə bəl/, adjective
- in·ter·po·lat·er, in·ter·po·la·tor, noun
- in·ter·po·la·to·ry [in-tur-puh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ɪnˈtɜr pə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, in·ter·po·la·tive, adjective
- in·ter·po·la·tive·ly, adverb
- non·in·ter·po·lat·ing, adjective
- non·in·ter·po·la·tive, adjective
- un·in·ter·po·lat·ed, adjective
- un·in·ter·po·la·tive, adjective
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How to use interpolate in a sentence
No implausible publication with “interpolated essays on the virtues of sanitary improvement” is beyond his sight.
The Iliad is not in any degree—save perhaps in a few interpolated passages—touched by the influences of that late age.
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangThese transitions also serve another purpose, namely, to indicate an interpolated or parenthetical idea.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of EducationWe may suppose that the Orphic poems were collected, edited and probably interpolated, in this dark hour of Greece.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 | Andrew Lang"Jest the lawyer, Newt," interpolated Red Newton ingratiatingly.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville Buck
"But we will never miss them," interpolated the Reverend Alexander Munro with solemn emphasis.
Corporal Cameron | Ralph Connor
British Dictionary definitions for interpolate
/ (ɪnˈtɜːpəˌleɪt) /
to insert or introduce (a comment, passage, etc) into (a conversation, text, etc)
to falsify or alter (a text, manuscript, etc) by the later addition of (material, esp spurious or valueless passages)
(intr) to make additions, interruptions, or insertions
maths to estimate (a value of a function) between the values already known or determined: Compare extrapolate (def. 1)
Origin of interpolate
1Derived forms of interpolate
- interpolater or interpolator, noun
- interpolative, adjective
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