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Webster 1913 Edition

Intersperse

Inˊter-sperse′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Interspersed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Interspersing
.]
[L.
interspersus
interspersed;
inter
between, among +
spargere
to scatter. See
Sparse
.]
1.
To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals;
as, to
intersperse
pictures in a book
.
There,
interspersed
in lawns and op’ning glades,
Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades.
Pope.
2.
To diversify or adorn with things set or scattered at intervals; to place something at intervals in or among;
as, to
intersperse
a book with pictures
.
Which space is
interspersed
with small islands and rock.
Cook.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intersperse

INTERSPERSE

,
Verb.
T.
interspers'. [L. interspersus; inter, between, and spargo, to scatter.] To scatter or set here and there among other things; as an able argument interspersed with flowers of rhetoric. Intersperse shrubs among trees.

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