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1. To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book. "There, interspersed in lawns and op'ning glades, Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades." (Pope)
2. To diversify or adorn with things set or scattered at intervals; to place something at intervals in or among; as, to intersperse a book with pictures. "Which space is interspersed with small islands and rock." (Cook)
Origin: L. Interspersus interspersed; inter between, among + spargere to scatter. See Sparse.
(01 Mar 1998)
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