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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intercalate \In*ter"ca*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intercalated}; p. pr & vb n. {Intercalating}.] [L. intercalatus p. p. of intercalare to intercalate to intercalate; inter between + calare to call proclaim. See {Calendar}.] 1. (Chron.) To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar. 2. To insert among others as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks. Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale. --Mantell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: intercalate v : insert (days) in a calendar
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