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entwine

[ en-twahyn ]

/ ɛnˈtwaɪn /

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verb (used with or without object), en·twined, en·twin·ing.

to twine with, about, around, or together.

Also intwine.

Origin of entwine

First recorded in 1590–1600; en-¹ + twine¹

OTHER WORDS FROM entwine

en·twine·ment, noun un·en·twined, adjective

Words nearby entwine

entry blank, entry-level, entryism, entryway, entrée, entwine, entwist, entypy, enucleate, enuf, enugu

Example sentences from the Web for entwine

C2 was clearly preferable, since the disparate strands needed to entwine.

A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi” |Manil Suri |March 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Thought and action are not mutually exclusive; at their best, they entwine, like a strand of DNA.

Is Obama Too Thoughtful? |Michael Signer |February 13, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Serpents and dragons 82 entwine on the lintels, and emblematize the Church's power to overcome.

The Cathedral Builders |Leader Scott
We stock the farm with creeping and climbing plants, without any trees of firmer growth for them to entwine round.

Garden Cities of To-Morrow |Ebenezer Howard

Her eyes never moved from him, her fingers to the last sought to entwine themselves with his.

The Shadow of Ashlydyat |Mrs. Henry Wood
I will entwine my bright sword in myrtle, After the example of Harmodius and Aristogiton.

Quo Vadis |Henryk Sienkiewicz
I wish Sympson would come again, and oblige her again to entwine her arms about me.

Shirley |Charlotte Bront

British Dictionary definitions for entwine

entwine

intwine

/ (ɪnˈtwaɪn) /

verb

(of two or more things) to twine together or (of one or more things) to twine around (something else)

Derived forms of entwine

entwinement or intwinement, noun