Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Intersperse

Intersperse , transitive verb

[Latin 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