Part 5992

<blockquote>Motion . . . partly continued and unintermitted, . . . partly <b>interpolated</b> and interrupted. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the author.</def>

<blockquote>How strangely Ignatius is mangled and <b>interpolated</b>, you may see by the vast difference of all copies and editions. <i>Bp. Barlow.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by another law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some think, <b>interpolated</b> by him for that purpose. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series, according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the law of that part of the series.</def>

<h1>Interpolated</h1> <Xpage=779>

<hw>In*ter"po*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Inserted in, or added to, the original; introduced; foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious matter.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Provided with necessary interpolations; <as>as, an <ex>interpolated</ex> table</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Introduced or determined by interpolation; <as>as, <ex>interpolated</ex> quantities or numbers</as>.</def>

<h1>Interpolation</h1> <Xpage=779>

<hw>In*ter`po*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interpolatio</ets> an alteration made here and there: cf. F. <ets>interpolation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious.</def>

<blockquote>Bentley wrote a letter . . . . upon the scriptural glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered <b>interpolations</b> from a later hand. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The method or operation of finding from a few given terms of a series, as of numbers or observations, other intermediate terms in conformity with the law of the series.</def>

<h1>Interpolator</h1> <Xpage=779>

<hw>In*ter"po*la`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a corrupter: of. F. <ets>interpolateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who interpolates; esp., one who inserts foreign or spurious matter in genuine writings.</def>

<h1>Interpone</h1> <Xpage=779>

<hw>In`ter*pone"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interponere</ets>; <ets>inter</ets> between + <ets>ponere</ets> to place. See <er>Position</er>.]</ety> <def>To interpose; to insert or place between.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Cudworth.</i>

<h1>Interponent</h1> <Xpage=779>

<hw>In`ter*po"nent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, interposes; an interloper, an opponent.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Heywood.</i>

<h1>Interposal</h1> <Xpage=779>

<hw>In`ter*pos"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Interpose</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of interposing; interposition; intervention.</def>

<h1>Interpose</h1> <Xpage=779>

<hw>In`ter*pose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Interposed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Interposing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>interposer</ets>. See <er>Inter-</er>, and <er>Pose</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To place between; <as>as, to <ex>interpose</ex> a screen between the eye and the light</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Mountains <b>interposed</b> Make enemies of nations. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To thrust; to intrude; to between, either for aid or for troubling.</def>