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Webster 1913 Edition
Intercalate
In-ter′ca-late
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Intercalated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Intercalating
.] [L.
intercalatus
, p. p. of intercalare
to intercalate to intercalate; inter
between + calare
to call, proclaim. See Calendar
.] 1.
(Chron.)
To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.
2.
To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif.
(Geol.)
, to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks. Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are
intercalated
and interstratified with the shale. Mantell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intercalate
IN'TERCALATE
,Verb.
T.
To insert an extraordinary day or other portion of time.
Definition 2024
intercalate
intercalate
English
Verb
intercalate (third-person singular simple present intercalates, present participle intercalating, simple past and past participle intercalated)
- To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.
- 1844, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: Second Series, ch. 2:
- '[T]is wonderful where or when we ever got anything of this which we call wisdom, poetry, virtue. We never got it on any dated calendar day. Some heavenly days must have been intercalated somewhere.
- 1844, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: Second Series, ch. 2:
- To insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The Hebrew calendar has such a month.
- (molecular biology) To insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues.
Translations
insert an extra day into a calendar
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insert an extra month into a calendar
insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues
Derived terms
See also
Italian
Verb
intercalate
- second-person plural present indicative of intercalare
- second-person plural imperative of intercalare
- feminine plural of intercalato