Definitions for: Intercalate

[v] insert (days) in a calendar

Webster (1913) Definition: In*ter"ca*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Intercalated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercalating.] [L.
intercalatus, p. p. of intercalare to intercalate to
intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim. See
Calendar.]
1. (Chron.) 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.

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