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To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book.

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  1. v. t. To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book.
  2. v. t. 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.
  3. v. place at intervals in or among
  4. v. introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions
  5. 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.
  6. v:100 v. place at intervals in or among v. introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions