Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Intersperse \In`ter*sperse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Interspersed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interspersing}.] [L.
interspersus interspersed; inter between, among + spargere to
scatter. See {Sparse}.]
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.
Source : WordNet®
intersperse
v 1: place at intervals in or among; "intersperse exclamation
marks ina the text"
2: introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions
[syn: {interlard}]