INTERJECT

interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject

(verb) to insert between other elements; “She interjected clever remarks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

interject (third-person singular simple present interjects, present participle interjecting, simple past and past participle interjected)

(transitive) To insert something between other things.

(transitive) To say as an interruption or aside.

(intransitive) To interpose oneself; to intervene.

Synonyms

• (to insert between other things): insert

• (to interpose oneself): interpose, intervene

Source: Wiktionary


In`ter*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interjected; p. pr. & vb. n. Interjecting.] Etym: [L. interjectus, p. p. of interjicere to interject; inter between + jac to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]

Definition: To throw in between; to insert; to interpose. Sir H. Wotton.

In`ter*ject", v. i.

Definition: To throw one's self between or among; to come between; to interpose. Sir G. Buck.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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