intercalate

  1. Verb.  to insert an extra, leap, day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.
  2. Verb.  to insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The Hebrew calendar has such a month.
  3. Verb.  (molecular biology) to insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues.

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