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Rareintercalates
The correct spelling is intercalates.
How to pronounce intercalates
verb
Say it like: Int-erc-ala-tes
The correct spelling is intercalates. To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.
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Definition
verb
- 1.To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.
- 2.To insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The Hebrew calendar has such a month.
- 3.To insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues.
- 4.To insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. (Compare interpolate.)
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