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English Dictionary: Intersperse by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intersperse
v
  1. place at intervals in or among; "intersperse exclamation marks in the text"
  2. introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions
    Synonym(s): intersperse, interlard
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intersperse \In`ter*sperse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Interspersed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interspersing}.] [L.
      interspersus interspersed; inter between, among + spargere to
      scatter. See {Sparse}.]
      1. 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.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. 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.                                                --Cook.
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