interpolate
verb (used with object)
to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
have interpolated
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present perfectof interpolate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Aucoin and Ruhl have interpolated some unnecessary cuteness into a play already tipping toward twee.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
As they may be interesting to some of my older golfing friends, I have interpolated them into the rugged doggerel of the text from the notes I took at the time.
From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Violet Flint
Where I have interpolated remarks or descriptions within the titles I have enclosed them in brackets to distinguish them from Whitman's parenthesis.
From The Bibliography of Walt Whitman by Frank Shay
I have interpolated the missing text where it seemed obvious and left "??" where it was in doubt.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
And the bulk of the letters is so thoroughly Stoic and contrary to Jewish feeling, that a Jew is hardly likely to have interpolated them.
From St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore
