| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| interject |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·ter·ject |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n t r-j kt |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: in·ter·ject·ed, in·ter·ject·ing, in·ter·jects
To insert between other elements; interpose. See synonyms at introduce. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin intericere, interiect- : inter-, inter- + iacere, to throw; see y - in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | in·ter·jector —NOUN
inter·jecto·ry (-jkt-r) —ADJECTIVE
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