5 dictionary results for: interject
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in·ter·ject
[in-ter-jekt] Pronunciation Key
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[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
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] —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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
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