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Intercalate

verb
/ɪnˈtɜː.kəl.eɪt/
Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.verbTo insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.
2.verbTo insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The Hebrew calendar has such a month.
3.verbTo insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues.
4.verbTo insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. (Compare interpolate.)

Synonyms

ink inenschedulecalendariseinterdateinterveneoverdatesupercalenderintercomeinterlinearizecalendarcalendarizeput the clock forward
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