Interpolate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
  • v. To insert (material) into a text.
  • v. To insert into a conversation. See Synonyms at introduce.
  • v. To change or falsify (a text) by introducing new or incorrect material.
  • v. Mathematics To estimate a value of (a function or series) between two known values.
  • verb-intransitive. To make insertions or additions.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To estimate the value of a function between two points between which it is tabulated.
  • v. During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data.
  • v. To introduce (material) to change the meaning of or falsify a text.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To renew; to carry on with intermission.
  • v. To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the author.
  • v. To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series, according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the law of that part of the series; to estimate a value at a point intermediate between points of knwon value. Compare extrapolate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To insert in a writing; introduce, as a word or phrase not in the original text; especially, to foist in: introduce surreptitiously, as what is spurious or unauthorized.
  • To alter, as a book or manuscript, by insertion of new matter; introduce new words or phrases into; especially, to corrupt or vitiate by spurious insertions or additions.
  • In mathematics and physics, to introduce, in a series of numbers or observations (one or more intermediate terms), in accordance with the law of the series; make the necessary interpolations in: as, to interpolate a number or a table of numbers.
  • To carry on with intermissions; interrupt or discontinue for a time.
  • To interpose; place in an intermediate position.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. estimate the value of
  • v. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
  • Antonym
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cypher    reckon    figure    calculate    cipher    compute    work out    redact    edit   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    renew    falsify    adulterate    transclude