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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Interpolate \In*ter"po*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Interpolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Interpolating.] [L.
     interpolatus, p. p. of interpolare to form anew, to
     interpolate, fr. interpolus, interpolis, falsified, vamped
     up, polished up; inter between + polire to polish. See
     Polish, v. t.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To renew; to carry on with intermission. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Motion . . . partly continued and unintermitted, . .
              . partly interpolated and interrupted. --Sir M.
                                                    Hale.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign
        matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the
        insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose
        of the author.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              How strangely Ignatius is mangled and interpolated,
              you may see by the vast difference of all copies and
              editions.                             --Bp. Barlow.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by
              another law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some
              think, interpolated by him for that purpose. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Math.) To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series,
        according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a
        number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the
        law of that part of the series; to estimate a value at a
        point intermediate between points of knwon value. Compare
        extrapolate.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Interpolate \In*ter"po*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Interpolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Interpolating.] [L.
     interpolatus, p. p. of interpolare to form anew, to
     interpolate, fr. interpolus, interpolis, falsified, vamped
     up, polished up; inter between + polire to polish. See
     Polish, v. t.]
     1. To renew; to carry on with intermission. [Obs.]
  
              Motion . . . partly continued and unintermitted, . .
              . partly interpolated and interrupted. --Sir M.
                                                    Hale.
  
     2. To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign
        matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the
        insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose
        of the author.
  
              How strangely Ignatius is mangled and interpolated,
              you may see by the vast difference of all copies and
              editions.                             --Bp. Barlow.
  
              The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by
              another law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some
              think, interpolated by him for that purpose. --Pope.
  
     3. (Math.) To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series,
        according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a
        number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the
        law of that part of the series.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  interpolating
     vb.
     (present participle of en interpolate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  interpolating
     vb.
     (present participle of en interpolate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  interpolating
     vb.
     (present participle of en interpolate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  interpolating
     vb.
     (present participle of en interpolate nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  interpolating
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm i nterpolat ing e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  interpolating
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en interpolate ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb interpolate)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Interpolating /ɪntˈɜːpəlˌeɪtɪŋ/
  التحريف

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  interpolating /ɪntˈɜːpəlˌeɪtɪŋ/ 
  interpolace

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  interpolating /ɪntˈɜːpəlˌeɪtɪŋ/
  einfügend
   see: interpolate sth., interpolated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  interpolating /ɪntˈɜːpəlˌeɪtɪŋ/
  einlagernd, einschließend
     Synonym: intercalating
  
   see: intercalate sth., interpolate sth., intercalated, interpolated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  interpolating /ɪntˈɜːpəlˌeɪtɪŋ/
  einwerfend
   see: interpolate, interpolated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  interpolating /ɪntˈɜːpəlˌeɪtɪŋ/
  interpolierend
   see: interpolate, interpolated
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     内插

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