interject

The definition of interject is to interrupt or butt into a conversation with a sudden or abrupt statement.

(verb)

When you interrupt a conversation to insert your comment, this is an example of a time where you interject.

See interject in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to throw in between; interrupt with; insert; interpose: to interject a question

Origin: < L interjectus, pp. of interjicere, to throw between < inter-, between + jacere, to throw: see jet

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See interject in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb in·ter·ject·ed, in·ter·ject·ing, in·ter·jects

To insert between other elements; interpose. See Synonyms at introduce.

Origin:

Origin: Latin intericere, interiect-

Origin: : inter-, inter-

Origin: + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots

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