Interject


[in-ter-jekt] /ˌɪn tərˈdʒɛkt/

verb (used with object)
1.
to insert between other things:
to interject a clarification of a previous statement.
2.
Obsolete. to come between.
/ˌɪntəˈdʒɛkt/
verb (transitive)
1.
to interpose abruptly or sharply; interrupt with; throw in: she interjected clever remarks
2.
(archaic) to come between; interpose
v.

1570s, back-formation from interjection or else from Latin interiectus, past participle of intericere “to throw between, insert, interject” (see interjection). Related: Interjected; interjecting.

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