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Webster 1913 Edition


Interject

Inˊter-ject′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Interjected
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Interjecting
.]
[L.
interjectus
, p. p. of
interjicere
to interject;
inter
between +
jacĕre
to throw. See
Jet
a shooting forth.]
To throw in between; to insert; to interpose.
Sir H. Wotton.

Inˊter-ject′

,
Verb.
I.
To throw one’s self between or among; to come between; to interpose.
Sir G. Buck.

Webster 1828 Edition


Interject

INTERJECT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. interjicio; inter and jacio, to throw.]
To throw between; to throw in between other things; to insert.
A circumstance--may be interjected even between a relative word and that to which it relates.

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interject

interject

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Verb

interject (third-person singular simple present interjects, present participle interjecting, simple past and past participle interjected)

  1. (transitive) To insert something between other things.
  2. (intransitive) To interpose oneself; to intervene.

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