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Intersperse

//ˌɪntɚˈspɝs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other.

    "For example, a commercial sequence might intersperse pictures of a senator working in his office with shots of ordinary Americans happily working in various walks of life."

  2. 2
    introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions wordnet
  3. 3
    To scatter or insert something into or among other things. transitive

    "When writing, I intersperse details."

  4. 4
    place at intervals in or among wordnet
  5. 5
    To diversify by placing or inserting other things among something. transitive

    "Mother Nature interspersed the petunias with a few dandelions, but it was a pretty garden, anyway."

Etymology

From Latin interspergō, interspersus.

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