interpolate

Verb

• estimate the value of
• insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
• To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text.
• To estimate the value of a function between two tabulated points.
• 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.

Examples

• in verse 74, the second line is clearly interpolated, probably by some unknown medieval scribe
• When interpolating an explanatory gloss, please enclose it in square brackets to make clear that it is interpolated.

Synonyms

alter, extrapolate, falsify, transclude

Related Words

extrapolate, interpolation