v. t. | 1. | |
1. | To renew; to carry on with intermission. | |
2. | To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the author. | |
3. | (Math.) To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series, according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the law of that part of the series; to estimate a value at a point intermediate between points of knwon value. Compare |
Verb | 1. | interpolate - estimate the value of Synonyms: extrapolate |
2. | interpolate - insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby |