Interpolate

  • 11interpolate — verb a) To estimate the value of a function between two points between which it is tabulated. A macro is invoked in the same way as a request; a control line beginning .xx will interpolate the contents of macro xx. b) During the course of… …

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  • 12interpolate — See interject, interpolate …

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  • 13interpolate — [17] The Latin ancestor of interpolate meant literally ‘polish up’. It was interpolāre, based on a verbal element polāre that was related to polīre ‘polish’ (source of English polish). Its meaning gradually progressed metaphorically via… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 14interpolate — [[t]ɪntɜ͟ː(r)pəleɪt[/t]] interpolates, interpolating, interpolated VERB If you interpolate a comment into a conversation or some words into a piece of writing, you put it in as an addition. [FORMAL] [V n] Williams interpolated much spurious… …

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  • 15interpolate — [17] The Latin ancestor of interpolate meant literally ‘polish up’. It was interpolāre, based on a verbal element polāre that was related to polīre ‘polish’ (source of English polish). Its meaning gradually progressed metaphorically via… …

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  • 16interpolate — interpolable /in terr peuh leuh beuhl/, adj. interpolater, interpolator, n. interpolatory /in terr peuh leuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, interpolative, adj. interpolatively, adv. /in terr peuh layt /, v., interpolated, interpolating. v.t. 1. to introduce… …

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  • 17Interpolate — Интерполировать, делать вставки в текст чужой рукописи; Вставлять слова, замечания …

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  • 18interpolate — Synonyms and related words: add, admit, annex, append, drag in, edge in, enter, fill in, foist in, fudge in, implant in, inject in, insert, insert in, insinuate, insinuate in, intercalate, interjaculate, interject, interlope, interpose, intervene …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 19interpolate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. insert, inject, introduce, add; see include 2 , interject . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To put or set into, between, or among another or other things: inject, insert, interject, interlard, interpose, introduce. See PUT… …

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  • 20interpolate — in|ter|po|late [ınˈtə:pəleıt US ə:r ] v [T] formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of interpolare to polish up, change, make worse ] 1.) to put additional words into a piece of writing = ↑insert 2.) to interrupt someone by… …

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