intercalate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: in=ter=ca=late

CIDE DICTIONARY

intercalate, v. t. [L. intercalatus, p. p. of intercalare to intercalate to intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim. See Calendar.].

•  To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.  [1913 Webster]
•  To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks.  [1913 Webster]

  "Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

intercalate, v.tr.
1 (also absol.) insert (an intercalary day etc.).
2 interpose (anything out of the ordinary course).
3 (as intercalated adj.) (of strata etc.) interposed.

Derivative

intercalation n.

Etymology

L intercalare intercalat- (as INTER-, calare proclaim)

ROGET THESAURUS

intercalate

Interposition

VB lie between, come between, get between, intervene, slide in, interpenetrate, permeate, put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in, interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave, intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in, let in, dovetail, splice, mortise, insinuate, smuggle, infiltrate, ingrain, interfere, put in an oar, thrust one's nose in, intrude, obtrude, have a finger in the pie, introduce the thin end of the wedge, thrust in.