interpolate
verb (used with object)
to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
had interpolated
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past perfectof interpolate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Eudosia had interpolated the word "hundred," quite innocently, for, as usually happens with those to whom money is new, her imagination ran ahead of her arithmetic.
From Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper
This was the same Abdallah who, in acting as amanuensis to Mahomet, and writing down his revelations, had interpolated passages of his own, sometimes of a ludicrous nature.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
He had interpolated pages in old record books and had even changed and rewritten royal documents, including one on which the grant was based.
From Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by James H. McClintock
Considering the emphasis with which he had interpolated himself into her acquaintance that opera evening, the length of the unbroken after-pause seemed incredible.
From Lonesome Town by Ethel Dorrance
"My study," she had interpolated, a little apprehensive lest for her private room he should use another word.
From This Freedom by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
