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interject

verb

  1. insert into a conversation
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Pronunciation: /ɪn.təˈdʒɛkt/ / /ɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛkt/

verb

Etymology: From Latin interiectus, perfect passive participle of intericiō (“place between”).

  1. To insert something between other things.
  2. To say as an interruption or aside.

    He roared with prodigious violence against George the Second. When he ceased, Moody interjected, in an Irish tone, and with a comick look, “Ah! poor George the Second.”

    ‘Please, sir, Richard says one of the horses has got a very bad cold, and he thinks, sir, if you could make it convenient to go the day after to-morrow, instead of to-morrow, he could physic it to-day, so as—’ ‘Confound his impudence!’ interjected the master.

  3. To interpose oneself; to intervene.