intersperse

== English == === Etymology === From Latin interspergō, interspersus. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɪntəˈspɜːs/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌɪntɚˈspɝs/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɪntəˈspɜːs/ === Verb === intersperse (third-person singular simple present intersperses, present participle interspersing, simple past and past participle interspersed) To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (transitive) To scatter or insert something into or among other things. Synonym: thread (transitive) To diversify by placing or inserting other things among something. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== interspersed interspersion ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “intersperse”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “intersperse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === enterprises, entreprises, serpentries