Associations to the word «Interpolate»

Wiktionary

INTERPOLATE, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert words into a text.
INTERPOLATE, verb. (mathematics) To estimate the value of a function between two points between which it is tabulated.
INTERPOLATE, verb. (computing) During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data.

Dictionary definition

INTERPOLATE, verb. Estimate the value of.
INTERPOLATE, verb. Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.