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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.

Origin:
1570–80; < Latin interjectus past participle of interjicere to throw between, equivalent to inter- inter- + -jec- (combining form of jac-, stem of jacere to throw) + -tus past participle suffix

in·ter·jec·tor, noun
un·in·ter·ject·ed, adjective


1. insinuate, introduce, interpolate, intercalate.

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  • Potter also began to interject and to snap her fingers in frustration.
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  • It is a known fact that historians always interject their own personal biases and prejudices in their scholarly work.
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interject (ˌɪntəˈdʒɛkt)
 
vb
1.  to interpose abruptly or sharply; interrupt with; throw in: she interjected clever remarks
2.  archaic to come between; interpose
 
[C16: from Latin interjicere to place between, from jacere to throw]
 
inter'jector
 
n

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