INTERCALATE


Meaning of INTERCALATE in English

v.tr.

1. (also absol.) insert (an intercalary day etc.).

2 interpose (anything out of the ordinary course).

3 (as intercalated adj.) (of strata etc.) interposed.

Derivatives:

intercalation n.

Etymology: L intercalare intercalat- (as INTER-, calare proclaim)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.