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Word Meanings - INTERSPERSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book. There, interspersed in lawns and op'ning glades, Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades. Pope. 2. To diversify or adorn

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1. To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book. There, interspersed in lawns and op'ning glades, Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades. Pope. 2. To diversify or adorn with things set or scattered at intervals; to place something at intervals in or among; as, to intersperse a book with pictures. Which space is interspersed with small islands and rock. Cook.

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  • GLOSSA
    The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.
  • GLOSSIST
    A writer of comments. Milton.
  • GLOSSOLOGY
    1. The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary. 2. The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology.
  • GLOSSARIAL
    Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.
  • IMPORTUNELY
    In an importune manner.
  • GLOSSOLOGICAL
    Of or pertaining to glossology.
  • GLOSSOGRAPHICAL
    Of or pertaining to glossography.
  • GLOSSANTHRAX
    A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.
  • IMPORTUNATOR
    One who importunes; an importuner. Sir E. Sandys.
  • IMPORTING
    Full of meaning. Shak.
  • IMPORTUNE
    derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore orig. 1. Inopportune; unseasonable. 2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation. And their importune
  • IMPORTUNATE
    1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity. Whewell. 2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. Donne. -- Im*por"tu*nate*ly, adv. -- Im*por"tu*nate*ness, n.
  • IMPORTUOUS
    Without a port or harbor.
  • IMPORTANTLY
    In an important manner.
  • INTERSPERSE
    1. To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book. There, interspersed in lawns and op'ning glades, Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades. Pope. 2. To diversify or adorn
  • INTRODUCEMENT
    Introduction.
  • GLOSSOLOGIST
    One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.
  • IMPORT
    + portare to bear. Sense 3 comes through F. importer, from the Latin. 1. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed
  • GLOSSOGRAPHY
    The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments for illustrating an author.
  • GLOSSIC
    A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only. Ingglish Glosik konvaiA. J. Ellis.
  • GYMNOGLOSSA
    A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth.
  • NONIMPORTATION
    Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
  • SACCOGLOSSA
    See PELLIBRANCHIATA
  • ENTOGLOSSAL
    Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.
  • REIMPORTATION
    The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported.

 

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