interpolate
verb (used with object)
to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
were interpolating
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past progressiveof interpolate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But why did men who were interpolating bronze corslets freely introduce bronze so seldom, if at all, as the material of greaves?
From Homer and His Age by Andrew Lang
