interlineate

American

[in-ter-lin-ee-eyt] / ˌɪn tərˈlɪn iˌeɪt /

verb (used with object)

interlineated, interlineating

interline.

Other Word Forms

interlineation

noun

Etymology

Origin of interlineate

1615–25; < Medieval Latin interlīneātus, past participle of interlīneāre to interline ¹; see -ate ¹

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interlineated

And so he wove a web of Empsonian doubleness and interlineated meaning into a Cold War “text” that was brutally simple in intention.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 26, 2019

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