intercalate
[verb]
Synonyms: introduce, fill in, insert, insinuate, interject, interpolate, interpose, throw in

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intercalate verb & noun. [ɪn'tǝ:kǝleɪt; as noun also ɪntǝ'kaleɪt] E17.
[Latin intercalat- pa. ppl stem of intercalare proclaim the insertion of a day etc. in the calendar, formed as INTER- + calare proclaim solemnly: see -ATE³.]
A. verb.
1. verb trans. Insert into the calendar as an intercalary day or month. E17.

2. verb trans. Insert or interpose as an additional or extraneous item; Geology interbed; Chemistry introduce an extraneous atom, molecule, etc., between the layers of a crystal lattice. Chiefly as intercalated ppl adjective. E19.

3. verb intrans. Become part of a sequence etc. as an extraneous item; become intercalated in or inserted into. M20.
b. noun. Chemistry. An atom, molecule, etc., that enters between the layers of a crystal lattice; a compound formed in this way. M20.

■ intercalative adjective characterized by intercalation L19.

■ intercalator noun a molecule which is inserted into another, larger molecule, esp. of a nucleic acid L20.

■ intercalatory adjective (rare) = INTERCALARY E17.

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