Intersperse
[ɪntə'spɜːs] or [,ɪntɚ'spɝs]
Definition
(verb.) introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions.
(verb.) place at intervals in or among; 'intersperse exclamation marks in the text'.
Edited by Helen--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book.
(v. t.) To diversify or adorn with things set or scattered at intervals; to place something at intervals in or among; as, to intersperse a book with pictures.
Inputed by Cherie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Scatter or set here and there.[2]. Interlard, mix, diversify by mixture.
Editor: Sallust
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Interlard, powder, scatter
ANT:Expunge
Edited by Barrett
Definition
v.t. to scatter or set here and there.—n. Intersper′sion.
Typed by Lesley
Examples
- Here the spinster aunt burst into fit number two, of hysteric laughter interspersed with screams. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the Statesman, enquiries into the principles of Method are interspersed with discussions about Politics. Plato. The Republic.
- The noises were sufficiently removed and shut out from the counting-house to blend into a busy hum, interspersed with periodical clinks and thumps. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The surface is very uneven, rising like the waves of a troubled sea, descending low, and interspersed by rifts that sink deep. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Inputed by Conrad