interlineate, v. rare.
(-ˈlɪniːeɪt)
[f. ppl. stem of med.L. interlīneāre to interline v.1 Cf. F. interlinéer (Littré). In mod. use perh. backformation from interlineation. By Cockeram app. connected with L. interlinĕre, f. linĕre to smear.]
trans. and absol. = interline v.1 Also fig.
| [1623 Cockeram ii, To Deface, Interlineate.] 1693 Beverley True St. Gosp. Truth 18 And therefore is the Gospel..constantly interlineated with Christ, and his Spirit. 1875 Lightfoot Comm. Col. & Philem. (1876) 280 When therefore the Greek text came to an end, the scribe's work was done, for he could no longer interlineate. |
Hence interˈlineated ppl. a.
| 1877 W. S. Gilbert Foggerty's Fairy (1892) 260 The badly-scrawled, interleaved, and interlineated manuscript. 1882–3 Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. I. 732 There appeared in 1640 the interlineated Psalter by John Spelman. |