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interlined

interlined is the simple past and past participle of interline.

Meaning of interline

Verb

interline (third-person singular simple present interlines, present participle interlining, simple past and past participle interlined)

  1. To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for addition or correction.
    • to interline a page or a book
  2. To arrange in alternate lines.
    • When by this way of interlining Latin and Englisſh one with another, he has got a moderate Knowledge of the Latin Tongue, he may then be advanc'd a little farther to the reading of ſome other eaſie Latin Book, […]1693, [John Locke], “§159”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC, page 199
  3. To imprint or mark with lines.
    • For each contracted frown, / A crooked wrinkle interlines my brow: / Spend but one hour in frowns, and I shall look / Like to a beldam of one hundred years.c. 1600 (date written; first published 1657), attributed to Thomas Dekker, John Day, William Houghton, Lust’s Dominion: Or, The Lascivious Queen. A Tragedie, London: […] J. Chappell, Jun. […]...

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Words formed from interlined

Questions about interlined

What is interlined the simple past and past participle of?
Interlined is the simple past and past participle of interline.

Words near interlined in the dictionary

  1. interlineated
  2. interlineates
  3. interlineating
  4. interlineation
  5. interlineations
  6. interlined
  7. interliner
  8. interliners
  9. interlines
  10. interlingua
  11. interlingual

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