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interject

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in⋅ter⋅ject

  [in-ter-jekt]
–verb (used with object)
1. to insert between other things: to interject a clarification of a previous statement.
2. Obsolete. to come between.
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Origin:
1570–80; < L interjectus ptp. of interjicere to throw between, equiv. to inter- inter- + -jec- (comb. form of jac-, s. of jacere to throw) + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
in⋅ter⋅jec⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. insinuate, introduce, interpolate, intercalate.
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in·ter·ject   (ĭn'tər-jěkt')   
tr.v.   in·ter·ject·ed, in·ter·ject·ing, in·ter·jects
To insert between other elements; interpose. See Synonyms at introduce.

[Latin intericere, interiect- : inter-, inter- + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.]
in·ter·jec'tor n., in'ter·jec'to·ry (-jěk'tə-rē) adj.
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