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in⋅ter⋅ca⋅late

  [in-tur-kuh-leyt]
Use intercalate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
1. to interpolate; interpose.
2. to insert (an extra day, month, etc.) in the calendar.
Origin:
1605–15; < L intercalātus ptp. of intercalāre to insert a day or month into the calendar, equiv. to inter- inter- + calā- (s. of calāre to proclaim) + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
in⋅ter⋅ca⋅la⋅tive, adjective

Synonyms:
1. interject, introduce, insinuate.
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in·ter·ca·late   (ĭn-tûr'kə-lāt')   
tr.v.   in·ter·ca·lat·ed, in·ter·ca·lat·ing, in·ter·ca·lates

  1. To insert (a day or month) in a calendar.

  2. To insert, interpose, or interpolate.


[Latin intercalāre, intercalāt- : inter-, inter- + calāre, to proclaim; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
in·ter'ca·la'tion n., in·ter'ca·la'tive adj.
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Word Origin & History

intercalate 
1614, from L. intercalatus, pp. of intercalare "to proclaim the insertion of an intercalary day," from inter- + calare (see calendar).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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