In-tēr’po-lāte, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. INTERPOLATED; p. pr. & vb. n. INTERPOLATING.] [Lat. interpolare, interpolatum, from inter, between, and polire, to polish; It. interpolare, Sp. & Pr. interpolar, Fr. interpoler.]
Sense 1. To renew; to begin again; to carry on with intermission; as, a succession of interpolated motions. [Obs.]
Sense 2. To insert, as a spurious word or passage in a manuscript or book; to add a spurious word or passage to the original; to foist in.
The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by another law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some think, interpolated by him for that purpose. Pope.
Sense 3. To alter or corrupt by the insertion of foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the insertion of matter that is new or foreign to the purpose of the author.
Sense 4. (Math.) To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series, according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the law of that part of the series.