† interˈsert, v. Obs.
Also 6–7 enter-.
[f. L. intersert-, ppl. stem of interserĕre to put between, interpose, f. inter between + serĕre to set, put, place, insert.]
trans. To insert between other things; to interpolate. (Freq. in 17th c.)
| 1583 Stanyhurst æneis To Rdr. (Arb.) 15 G. breuia: soomtyme long by position where D may bee enterserted, as passage is short, but yf you make yt long, passadge with D. would bee written. 1611 Florio, Interserto, enterserted or wrought betweene. 1615 Jackson Creed iv. ii. v. §5 To intersert more proofs of antiquity would be troublesome unto me. a 1691 Boyle Hist. Air xix. (1692) 171 Give me leave here to intersert the opinion of Dr. Pugh. |
b. transf. To furnish or supply with insertions.
| 1767 S. Paterson Another Traveller! I. 150 A book of wanderings..interserted with whimsical digressions and unseasonable reflections. |