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Interʹpolate (4 syl.)

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For two or more persons to polish up something between them. Metaphorically, to insert spurious matter in a book or document; to gag. (Latin, inter polio, to polish.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Inter Canem et Lupum
Inter Nos
Inter Pocula
Inter Rex (Latin)
Intercalary (Latin)
Interdict
Interest (Latin)
Interim of Augsburg (The)
Interlard (French)
Interloper
Interpolate
Interpreter (Mr.)
Intone
Intoxication
Intrigue
Inure
Invalide (French)
Inveigle
Invention of the Cross [discovery of the cross]
Inventors Punished
Inventors Punished