\In`ter*sperse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Interspersed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interspersing}.] [L.
interspersus interspersed; inter between, among + spargere to
scatter. See {Sparse}.]
1. To scatter or set here and there among other things; to
   insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a
   book.
         There, interspersed in lawns and op'ning glades,
         Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades.
                                               --Pope.
2. To diversify or adorn with things set or scattered at
   intervals; to place something at intervals in or among;
   as, to intersperse a book with pictures.
         Which space is interspersed with small islands and
         rock.                                 --Cook.