interpolate 
ance, falsified, < inter, between, + polirc, pol- 
ish: see polish 1 .] 1. To insert in a writing; 
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Lop downe these interponents that withstand 
The passage to our throane. 
Heywood, Rape of Lucrece. 
ized. 
The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by an- 
other law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some think, 
interpolated by him for that purpose. Pope- 
I should give here what I have thus found so strangely 
interpolated among the fragmentary remains of the Ke- 
turns sent up by the old Gilds. 
T. Smith, English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 134, note. 
portal (in-ter-por'tal), a. [< inter- _ 
. al.] Existing between ports ; specifically, 
carried on between ports of the same country 
or region. 
The total exports by sea exceeded 57 millions, of which 
32 millions represent interportal, and 25 millions foreign 
trade. Encyc. Brit., XII. 764. 
Owing to the competition by foreigners in the inter- 
portal trade of the East, it is the cargo steamers which 
' ' rule the freight market. " The Engineer, LXVI. 517. 
2. To alter, as a book or manuscript, by inser- interposal (in-ter-po'zal), n. [< interpose + 
tion of new matter; introduce new words or . a i,] The act of interposing ; interposition, 
phrases into ; especially, to corrupt or vitiate How qulckly all our designs and measures, at his [God's] 
by spurious insertions or additions. interposal, vanish into nothing. H. Blair, Works, II. xiii. 
How strangely Ignatius is mangled and interpolated !you ijjterDOSe (in-ter-poz'), i\ ; pret. and pp. inter- 
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3. In math, and physics, to introduce, in a series 
of numbers or observations (one or more in- 
termediate terms), in accordance with the law 
of the series; make the necessary interpola- 
tions in: as, to interpolate a number or a table 
of numbers. 
The word interpolate has been adopted in analysis to de- 
note primarily the interposing of missing terms in a series 
magnitude, but secondarily and more generally to denote 
the calculating, under some hypothesis of law or continu- 
ity, of any term of a series from the values of other terms 
supposed given. Boole, Finite Differences (2d ed.). 
4f. To carry on with intermissions ; interrupt 
or discontinue for a time. 
The alluvion of the sea upon these rocks might be eter- 
nally continued, but interpolated. 
Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind, p. 96. 
6. To interpose ; place in an intermediate po- 
sition. 
It is quite certain that one can pass from a high state 
of pleasure to one of intense pain without any interpolated 
neutral feeling. <?. T. Ladd, Physiol. Psychology, p. 510. 
interpolation (in-ter-po-la'shon), n. [= F. in- 
terpolation = Pr. interpolacio "= Sp. interpola- 
Ho = It. interpolazione, < L. 
poser, place : see inter- and pose 3 , and cf . inter- 
pone.] I. trans. 1. To place between ; cause 
to intervene : as, to interpose an opaque body 
between a light and the eye. 
What watchful cares do interpose themselves 
Betwixt your eyes and night? Skak., J. C., U. 1, 98. 
Were not this banke interposed like a bulwarke betwixt 
the Citie and the Sea, the waves would utterly overwhelm . __,-. /:.. t ^. r,n'vf,r} 
and deface the Citie Coryat, Crudities, I. 199. interpOSUT .m : t6l 
The sun, though so near, is never seen, but a thick 
screen of watery clouds is constantly interposed, and yet 
the heat is such that Fahrenheit's thermometer rises to 
100 in the shade. Bruce, Source of the Nile, II. 495. 
2. To place between or among; intrude; pre- 
interpretate 
between, interpose: see interpone, interpose.] 
1. A being, placing, or coming between, as of 
something that obstructs or interferes; inter- 
vention. 
It is a mere privation of the sun's light by reason of the 
interposition of the earth's opacous body. 
Bp. WiUdns, That the Moon may be a World. 
2. Intervenient agency ; agency between par- 
ties; interference; mediation. 
Great and manifold have the instances been of God's in- 
terposition to rescue this church and nation, when they 
most needed it. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. ix. 
This evenhanded retribution of justice, so uncommon 
in human affairs, led many to discern the immediate in- 
terposition of Providence. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 8. 
3. That which is interposed. 
A shelter, and a kind of shading cool 
Interposition, as a summer's cloud. 
Milton, P. R., iii. 222. 
= Syn. 2. Interposition, Interference, Intervention, Media- 
tion. The first three of these have the same differences 
as the corresponding verbs. (See interpose.) Intervention 
and interference are used of persons or things ; interposi- 
tion and mediation only of persons. Mediation is a friend- 
ly act performed in order to reconcile those who are es- 
tranged or opposed : as, France refused all offers of me- 
diation, and seemed bent upon war. The word mediation 
is rarely used where the friendly interposition is not con- 
sented to by the parties to the controversy, or where it is 
iot at least in some degree successful. 
^ "__ ' n. 
-ure."\ Interposition. 
Some extraordinary interposure for their rescue. 
Glanville, Pre-existence of Souls, xiv. 
iterpret (in-ter'pret), v. [< ME. interpreten, 
~ . interpreter, F. interpreter = Pr. interpre- 
mterruption, or moon- te enterpretar = Sp. Pg. interpretar It. inter- 
venience, or for succor, relief, or the adjust- pretare % L. interpretari, explain, expound, in- 
ment of differences : as, the emperor interposed !*,... /._.. *\ . . ,,t i,,,.,i-/,,. 
sent as an obstruction, interruption, or incon- 
adjust- 
i - tl , %?* ieipi&t,<interpres (interpret-), an agent, broker, 
his aid or services to reconcile the contending ex pi a j ner) interpreter, (inter, between, + -pre* 
The Queen interpos'd her Authority, and would not suf- 
fer it to be enacted. Baker, Chronicles, p. 345. 
You, Sir, who listen but interpose no word, 
Ask yourself, had you borne a baiting thus? 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 89. 
to Pharaoh. 
were none that could interpret them [his dreams] 
Gen. xli. 15. 
Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. 
Mat. L 23. 
A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes. 
Pope, R. of the L., UL 15. 
(-pret-), prob. connected with Gr. <ppd^ew, point 
out, show, explain, declare, speak, > <j>pa6?/, un- 
derstanding, ippdaif, speech: see phrase.] I. 
trans. 1. To expound the meaning or signifi- 
cance of, as by translation or explanation; 
elucidate or unfold, as foreign or obscure lan- 
i/w/c A K. Kftn/ij/iu'wya*" -* .v*v. f^v v ..>~, * ~. euatre, a mvsterv, etc.; make plain or intelli- 
interpolatio(n-), a dressing up, alteration, < in- assume an intervening position or relation; "Ejg^ 
terpolare, dress up, alter: see interpolate.] 1. stand in the way. There w 
The act of interpolating; the insertion of new . -- j ...s^j. I.. 
words or expressions in a book or manuscript ; 
especially, the falsification of a text by spurious 
or unauthorized insertions. 2. That which is 
interpolated; new or (especially) spurious mat- 
ter inserted; an unannounced or unauthorized 
insertion in a text. 
Sir, I beseech you to accept or pardon these trifling in- 
terpolaUans which I have presumed to send you : not that 
they add any thing to your work, but testify the disposi- 
tion I have to serve you. 
Evelyn, To Mr. Aubrey, Feb., 1675. 
3. In math., the process of finding, from the 
given values of a function for certain values 
of the variable, its approximate value for an 
intermediate value of the variable. The formuue 
ordinarily used for this purpose assume that the function 
is expressible as a polynomial in powers of the variable of 
the lowest order consistent with the given values. 
interpolator (in-ter'po-la-tor), n. [< LL. inter- 
polator, one who corrupts or spoils, < L. inter- 
polare, dress up, alter, spoil: see interpolate.] 
One who interpolates ; one who inserts in a 
book or manuscript new or spurious words or 
passages; one who adds something deceptively 
or without authority to an original text. 
interpolisht (in-ter-pol'ish), v. t. [< inter- + 
polish*-, after L. interpolare, polish, furbish, or 
dress up : see interpolate.] To furbish up, as 
a writing; improve by interpolation or alter- 
ation. 
II. intrans. 1. Toeome between otherthings; 
Clouds interpose, waves roar, and winds arise. 
Pope, Eloisa to Abelard, L 246. 
2. To step in between parties at variance ; in- 
terfere; mediate: as, the prince interposed and 
made peace. 
A stout seaman who had interpos'd and saved the Duke 
from perishing by a fire-ship in the late warr. 
Evelyn, Diary, May 25, 1673. 
With clashing falchions now the chiefs had clos'd, 
But each brave Ajax heard, and interpos'd. 
Pope, Iliad, xvii. 601. 
3. To put in or make a remark by way of inter- 
ruption. 
The office of this goddess consisted in interposing, like 
the Roman tribunes, with an "I forbid it" in all courses 
of constant and perpetual felicity. 
Bacon, Political Fables, v., Expl. 
eral weeks intervened ; an intervening piece of woods. A 
piece of woods may interfere with a view ; we must inter- 
fere in a quarrel when life is threatened. See intrude. 
All this will not fadge, though it be cunningly interpol- interpOSCt (in'ter-poz), n. [< interpose, V.] In- 
isht by some second hand with crooks and emendations. tampan 1 intArnnsirinn 
.,-,. S-,L i. rt tic (CPpOoHl , llll.trl l.'UMllull. 
Milton, Church-Government, i. 5. 
,.. ,. , ,,. ... r , . . , , Suchfrequent breakings out in the body politick are in- 
mterpollty (m-ter-pol 1-ti), i. [< ^nter-+pol- dicationsofmanynoxiousanddangeroushumourstherein, 
ity.] Intercourse between communities or which, without the wise interpose of state-physicians, pre- 
countries; interchange of citizenship. [Rare.] "age ruin to the whole. J. Spencer, Prodigies, p. 119. 
An absolute sermon upon emigration, and the trans- interpOSer (in-ter-pd'zer), n. One who inter- 
planting and interpolity of our species. poses or comes between others ; a mediator or 
Bulwer, Caxtons, xiii. i. agent between parties. 
interponet (in-ter-pdn'), . t. [= Sp. interponer i must stand first champion for myself 
= Pg. interpor = It. interporre, < L. interponere, Against all interposers. 
put, lay, or set between, < inter, between, -t- Beou - "*. Laws of Candy. 
ponere, put, set, place: see ponent. Cf. inter- interposit (in-ter-poz'it), n. [< L. interpositns, 
pose.] To set or insert between; interpose. a putting between, < interponere, pp. interposi- 
Porphyrius interponed it [the Psyche or soul] betwixt tus, put between: see interpone, interpose.] A 
the Father and the Son, as a middle between both. 
Cudworth, Intellectual System. 
2. To show the purport of; develop or make 
clear by representation : as, to interpret a drama 
or a character by action on the stage. 3. To 
construe; attribute a given meaning to: as, the 
company interpreted his silence unfavorably. 
Nothing new is free from detraction, and when Princes 
alter customes, even heavie to the subject, best ordinances 
are interpreted innovations. 
Habinyton, Castara, Author's Preface. 
No evil can befall the Parlament or Citty, but he posi- 
tively interprets it a judgement upon them for his sake. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, xxvi. 
= 8vn. 2. Interpose, Interfere, Intermeddle, Intervene. To 
intermeddle is both unwelcome and impertinent. To in- 
terfere is unwelcome to the one interfered with, and 
often but not necessarily improper : as, the court inter- 
fered to prevent further injustice. In this sentence in- 
terposed would have been a very proper word to express 
the benevolence and helpfulness of the action of the 
court, while interfere suggests the checking of what was 
going on and the balking of selfish plans. Interpose in 
its personal application is generally used in a good sense. 
Interfere may be used of a person or of a thing ; inter- 
meddleonlyot a person or theactof apersou. Intervene .,,.,,. ,., ^,-. -F 
is used only of things literally or figuratively coming be- interpretable (m-ter pre-ta-Di;, a. |_ S . - 
without either praise or blame: as, sev- terprdtable = Sp. interpretable, < LL. mterpre- 
tabilis, that can be explained or translated, < 
L. interpretari, explain, translate: see inter- 
pret.] Capable of being interpreted or ex- 
plained. 
But howsoever the law be in truth or interpretable (for 
= Svn. 1. Render, Construe, etc. (see translate) ; Expound, 
Elucidate, etc. (see explain). 
II. intrans. To practise interpretation; make 
an interpretation or explanation ; tell or deter- 
mine what something signifies. 
Do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 
1 Cor. xii. 30. 
My former speeches have but hit your thoughts, 
Which can interpret further. Shak., Macbeth, iii. 6, 2. 
tween, and hence \ 
it might ill beseem me to offer determination in matter of 
this kind), it is certain that, etc. 
Selden, Illustrations of Drayton's Polyolbion, xvii. 207. 
Even the differences arising among the limbs, originally 
alike, were seen to be interpretable by la principle men- 
tioned). H. Spencer, Study of Sociol., p. 335. 
interpretanientt (in-ter'pre-ta-ment), n. [< L. 
interpretamentum, explanation, ^ interpretari, 
explain: see interpret.] Interpretation. [Rare.] 
This bold interpretament, how commonly soever sided 
with, cannot stand a minute with any competent rever- 
ence to God or his law, or his people. 
Milton, Tetrachordon. 
place of deposit between one commercial city interpretatet (in-ter'pre-tat), v. t. [< L. iti- 
or country and another. Mitford. terpretatus, pp. of interpretari, interpret: see 
interponentt (in-ter-po'nent), . [< L. inter- interposition (m"ter-po-zish'on), . [= F. in- interpret.] To interpret, 
ponen(t-)s, ppr. of interponere, put between: terposition = Pr. interpose = Sp. interposicion How dare Merpretate tne8e words , niy sh eep," 
see interpone,] One who or that which inter- = Pg. interposiqao = It. interposizione, < L. in- i. my i amo8j to be the universal church of Christ? 
pones or interposes. terpositio(n-), < interponere, pp. interpositns, put J. Bradford, Letters (Parker isoc., 1853)> II. 148. 
