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