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Intersperse v. t. (past & past part. interspersed; pres. part. interspersing)

To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book. "There, interspersed in lawns and op'ning glades, Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades."

To diversify or adorn with things set or scattered at intervals; to place something at intervals in or among; as, to intersperse a book with pictures. "Which space is interspersed with small islands and rock."

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Etymology of 'Intersperse'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Intersperse" Quotes from Famous Books

... were all alert and as keen as they had ever been in youth. But some strange lack of connection between her tongue and her memory, seemed to have befallen the old lady, so that they did not always agree, and she was wont to intersperse her otherwise quite intelligent conversation with words having no remotest ...

— The End of the Rainbow • Marian Keith

Words linked to "Intersperse" : pose, interleave, put in, put, introduce, enclose, position, interspersal, set, interspersion, insert, inclose, place