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in·ter·ject       [in-ter-jekt] Pronunciation Key
–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; < 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')  Pronunciation Key 
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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interject

verb
to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks" 

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Interject

In`ter*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interjected; p. pr. & vb. n. Interjecting.] [L. interjectus, p. p. of interjicere to interject; inter between + jac?re to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.] To throw in between; to insert; to interpose. --Sir H. Wotton.

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Interject

In`ter*ject"\, v. i. To throw one's self between or among; to come between; to interpose. --Sir G. Buck.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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