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in·ter·po·late
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| 1. | to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate. |
| 2. | Mathematics. to insert, estimate, or find an intermediate term in (a sequence). |
| 3. | to alter (a text) by the insertion of new matter, esp. deceptively or without authorization. |
| 4. | to insert (new or spurious matter) in this manner. |
| 5. | to make an interpolation. |
[Origin: 1605–15; < L interpolātus ptp. of interpolāre to make new, refurbish, touch up, equiv. to inter- inter- + -polā- v. s. (akin to polīre to polish) + -tus ptp. suffix
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in·ter·po·lat·er, in·ter·po·la·tor, noun
in·ter·po·la·to·ry
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v. in·ter·po·lat·ed, in·ter·po·lat·ing, in·ter·po·lates v. tr.
v. intr. To make insertions or additions. [Latin interpolāre, interpolāt-, to touch up, refurbish, from interpolis, refurbished; see pel-5 in Indo-European roots.] in·ter'po·la'tion n., in·ter'po·la'tive adj., in·ter'po·la'tor n. |
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interpolate
1612 (implied in interpolation) "to alter or enlarge (a writing) by inserting new material," from L. interpolatus, pp. of interpolare "alter, freshen up, falsify," from inter- "up" + polare, related to polire "to smoothe, polish." Sense evolved in L. from "refurbish," to "alter appearance of," to "falsify (especially by adding new material)."
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| interpolate | |
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| 1. | estimate the value of |
| 2. | insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby |
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Interpolate
In*ter"po*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interpolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Interpolating.] [L. interpolatus, p. p. of interpolare to form anew, to interpolate, fr. interpolus, interpolis, falsified, vamped up, polished up; inter between + polire to polish. See Polish, v. t.]1. To renew; to carry on with intermission. [Obs.] Motion . . . partly continued and unintermitted, . . . partly interpolated and interrupted. --Sir M. Hale. 2. To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the author. How strangely Ignatius is mangled and interpolated, you may see by the vast difference of all copies and editions. --Bp. Barlow. The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by another law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some think, interpolated by him for that purpose. --Pope. 3. (Math.) To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series, according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the law of that part of the series.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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