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Meaning of intercalate

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intercalate

Pronunciation:/ɪnˈtɜː.kəl.eɪt//ɪnˈtɝ.kəˌleɪt/

verb

Definitions

  1. To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.

  2. To insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The Hebrew calendar has such a month.

  3. To insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues.

  4. To insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. (Compare interpolate.)