interpolate

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The Word of the Day for March 18 is:

interpolate   \in-TER-puh-layt\   verb
     transitive senses
     1 a : to alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign
matter  b : to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation
   *2 : to insert between other things or parts : intercalate
     3 : to estimate values of (data or a function) between two known values
     intransitive sense : to make insertions (as of estimated values)

Example sentence:
     The biographer has interpolated many letters by the painter within
the text, along with numerous sketches and paintings.

Did you know?
     "Interpolate" comes from the Latin "interpolare," a verb with various
meanings, among them "to refurbish," "to alter," and also "to
falsify." "Interpolate" entered English in the 17th century and early
on applied to the alteration (and in many cases corruption) of texts
by insertion of additional material. Modern use of "interpolate"
still often suggests the insertion of something extraneous or
spurious, as in "she interpolated her own comments into the report."

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.




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