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intersert

intersert verb: to put in between other things; to insert.

Verb

intersert (third-person singular simple present interserts, present participle interserting, simple past and past participle interserted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To put in between other things; to insert.
    • If I may […]intersert a short speculation, the depth of the sea […]is determined in Pliny to be fifteen furlongs.1614, Edward Brerewood, Enquiries Touching the Diversity of Languages and Religions

Forms of intersert

third-person singular presentinterserts
present participleinterserting
past participleinterserted
pastinterserted

Origin of intersert

From Latin intersertus, past participle of interserere (“to intersert”), from inter (“between”) + serere (“to join, weave”).

Questions about intersert

What does intersert mean?
Intersert means to put in between other things; to insert.
What part of speech is intersert?
Intersert is a verb.
What is the past tense of intersert?
The past tense of intersert is interserted.

Words near intersert in the dictionary

  1. intersequence
  2. intersequential
  3. interserotype
  4. interserotypic
  5. interserovar
  6. intersert
  7. intersertal
  8. interserted
  9. interserting
  10. intersertion
  11. intersertions

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