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Pronunciation : In*ter"ca*late
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. intercalatus, p. p. of intercalare to intercalate to intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim. See Calendar.]
Definition : 1. (Chron.)

Defn: To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.

2. To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks. Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale. Mantell.

t. [imp. & p. p. Intercalated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercalating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913