'Interpolate' definitions:
Definition of 'interpolate'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Interpolate'
From: GCIDE
- Interpolate \In*ter"po*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interpolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Interpolating.] [L. interpolatus, p. p. of interpolare to form anew, to interpolate, fr. interpolus, interpolis, falsified, vamped up, polished up; inter between + polire to polish. See Polish, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To renew; to carry on with intermission. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Motion . . . partly continued and unintermitted, . . . partly interpolated and interrupted. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- How strangely Ignatius is mangled and interpolated, you may see by the vast difference of all copies and editions. --Bp. Barlow. [1913 Webster]
- The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by another law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some think, interpolated by him for that purpose. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Math.) 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; to estimate a value at a point intermediate between points of knwon value. Compare extrapolate. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'interpolate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- add,
- admit,
- annex,
- append,
- drag in,
- edge in,
- enter,
- fill in,
- foist in,
- fudge in,
- implant in,
- inject in,
- insert,
- insert in,
- insinuate,
- insinuate in,
- intercalate,
- interjaculate,
- interject,
- interlope,
- interpose,
- intervene,
- introduce in,
- intrude,
- lug in,
- put between,
- run in,
- sandwich,
- smuggle in,
- squeeze in,
- superadd,
- throw in,
- thrust in,
- wedge in,
- work in,
- worm in