Definition of Interspersed

1. Adjective. Placed at intervals amongst other things. ¹

2. Verb. (past of intersperse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Interspersed

1. intersperse [v] - See also: intersperse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interspersed

intersource
interspace
interspaced
interspaces
interspacing
interspecies
interspecies hydrogen transfer
interspecific
interspecific competition
interspecific graft
interspecific plum
interspecific plums
interspersal
interspersals
intersperse
interspersed (current term)
intersperses
interspersing
interspersion
interspersions
intersphere
interspheres
interspike
interspinal
interspinal line
interspinal muscles
interspinales muscles
interspinalis
interspinous

Literary usage of Interspersed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... are interspersed with verses out of Sa'di's wide experience of the manners and customs of many men. Their great charm can only be known by reading them. ..."

2. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... or Atolls—Depth at which reef-building Corals can live— Vast Areas interspersed with low Coral Islands—Subsidence of their foundations—Barrier ..."

3. Philosophical Magazine (1805)
"... in the Rajahmundry District; interspersed uith stick Remarks as tend to point out the great Benefit that might be expected from increasing this Branch ..."

4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... or Atolls—Depth at which reef-building Corals can live— Vast Areas interspersed with low Coral Islands—Subsidence of their foundations—Barrier ..."

5. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"... Big Sandy river — Portsmouth — Occurrences and Remarks interspersed. Portsmouth, Ohio, i8th Nov. 1818. ..."

6. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1820)
"interspersed with Reflections. By C. Stuart, Esq. Retired Captain of the Honourable the East India Company's Service, and one of His Majesty's Justices of ..."

7. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... labyrinth of with small chambers, all excavated at successive levels, in the narrow galleries, usually from 3 to 4 ft. in width, interspersed they reach ..."

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