intersert

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verb

To put in between other things; to insert.

OriginLatin intersertus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person interserts · participle present interserting · participle past interserted · past interserted

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo 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

Origin

  1. Latinintersertus
  2. Englishintersert

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

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APA

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MLA

“intersert.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intersert. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intersert,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intersert.

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