Definition of Interpolator

1. n. One who interpolates; esp., one who inserts foreign or spurious matter in genuine writings.

Definition of Interpolator

1. Noun. One who, or that which, interpolates. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Interpolator

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interpolator

interpointed
interpointing
interpoints
interpolable
interpolant
interpolants
interpolate
interpolated
interpolated extrasystole
interpolated flap
interpolates
interpolating
interpolation
interpolations
interpolative
interpolator (current term)
interpolators
interpolymer
interpolymeric
interpolymers
interponent
interponents
interpopulation
interposable
interposal
interposals
interpose
interposed
interposer
interposers

Literary usage of Interpolator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"... is more modern than the context, that in fact the poet or his interpolator, which you will, really wrote not the tautology of ..."

2. Roman Van Walewein by Penninc, Pieter Vostaert (1848)
"wordt het dat dit verhaal den interpolator of dichter in 't hoofd lag, als men bedenkt dat de koninklijke gastheer de eigenschap had andere gedaanten te ..."

3. The Witness of the Epistles: A Study in Modern Criticism by Richard John Knowling (1892)
"The death of Christ, therefore, is not conceived of by this first interpolator so much from the point of view of the love of God, but rather from that of ..."

4. An Historico-critical Introduction to the Canonical Books of the New Testament by Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette, Frederick Frothingham (1858)
"44-4G the interpolator must have added. With as much correctness, ... 48,49, 52, 53 are inserted by the interpolator for the sake of agreement with Acts. ..."

5. The Authorship of Timon of Athens by Ernest Hunter Wright (1910)
"There, too, we found the only place where the interpolator tried ... The interpolator tried to do two things there, and he should have tried to do two more. ..."

6. The Apostolic Fathers: A Revised Text with Introductions, Notes by Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1889)
"There may interpreted the work of his predecessors ; (2) The Ignatian interpolator takes a different view of the early Roman succession (see above, p. 261). ..."

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