Interpolate

[ɪn'tɜːpəleɪt] or [ɪn'tɝpəlet]

Definition

(verb.) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby.

(verb.) estimate the value of.

Editor: Randolph--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To renew; to carry on with intermission.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) 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.

Edited by Janet

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Insert (wrongfully), foist in.[2]. (Math.) Introduce (terms to complete a series).

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Interlard, interweave, import, garble, gloss, intersperse, furbish, introduce

ANT:Expunge, elide, erase, verify, authenticate, expurgate

Edited by Francine

Definition

v.t. to insert unfairly as a spurious word or passage in a book or manuscript to foist in: to corrupt: (math.) to fill up the intermediate terms of a series.—adj. Inter′polable.—ns. Interpolā′tion; Inter′polator.

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