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Webster 1913 Edition
Intercalate
In-ter′ca-late
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Intercalated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Intercalating
.] [L.
intercalatus
, p. p. of intercalare
to intercalate to intercalate; inter
between + calare
to call, proclaim. See Calendar
.] 1.
(Chron.)
To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.
2.
To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif.
(Geol.)
, to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks. Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are
intercalated
and interstratified with the shale. Mantell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intercalate
IN'TERCALATE
,Verb.
T.
To insert an extraordinary day or other portion of time.