| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·ter·ca·late |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-tûr k -l t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: in·ter·ca·lat·ed, in·ter·ca·lat·ing, in·ter·ca·lates
1. To insert (a day or month) in a calendar. 2. To insert, interpose, or interpolate. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin intercalre, intercalt- : inter-, inter- + calre, to proclaim; see kel-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | in·terca·lation —NOUN
in·terca·lative —ADJECTIVE
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