Intercalating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intercalate \In*ter"ca*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Intercalated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Intercalating}.] [L.
     intercalatus, p. p. of intercalare to intercalate to
     intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim. See
     {Calendar}.]
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     1. (Chron.) To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in
        a calendar.
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     2. To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif.
        (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the
        layers of a regular series of rocks.
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              Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated
              and interstratified with the shale.   --Mantell.
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