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📝 A note between lines 📝 To write between lines ↕️ Space between lines ↕️ To add line space
to interline

to interline

8.4
To write words between the lines of existing text
  • verb
  • /ˌɪntərˈlaɪn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : anotar entre líneas
  • In order to reflect the changes, he will interline new phrases in the draft document.

Examples

  • The editor had to interline the comments between the paragraphs to clarify the author's intentions.

  • So I've decided that I'm going to interline the bodice pieces of these robe panels with a bit of horsehair interlining.

  • She decided to interline the important notes in the margin for better visibility.

Surface Forms

interline infinitive
interlined past
interlined past participle
interlining present participle
interlines third person singular

Morphology

interline = line (transparent) = inter + line

The verb is formed regularly by adding 'inter-' to 'line' to mean 'insert words between lines'; the semantics follow directly from the components.

Etymology

The verb interline comes from the parts inter- 'between' and line 'line'. So to interline is to write words 'between the lines' of an existing text, for example to add corrections or notes.