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#127085 - 04/07/04 10:31 AM interpellate
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	Date: Mon Oct 2 00:22:26 EDT 1995 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--interpellate in.ter.pel.late vt -lat.ed ; -lat.ing [L interpellatus, pp. of interpellare to interrupt, fr. inter- + -pellare (fr. pellere to drive)--more at felt] (1874): to question (as a foreign minister) formally concerning an official action or policy or personal conduct -- in.ter.pel.la.tion n -- in.ter.pel.la.tor n
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#171875 - 12/05/07 07:36 AM Re: interpellate [Re: wwh]
Fergus Mills stranger Registered: 12/05/07 Posts: 1	This word is distractingly similar to "interpolate", which means basically to infer information about something from information and trends observed in nearby regions. (As in, today it was ten degrees, the day before yesterday it was twenty degrees, so yesterday it was probably about fifteen degrees.)
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#172197 - 12/19/07 03:40 PM Re: interpellate [Re: Fergus Mills]
Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada	Mind you the interpellating is probably because of someone interpolating.
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