Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of enlacing, or the state of being enlaced; an encircling; embracement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
enlacing , or state of being enlaced; asurrounding as if with alace .
Etymologies
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enlace + -ment, or from French?
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Examples
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The brighter stars clustered into well known groups upon a background formed of an enlacement of streams and convoluted windings and intertwined spirals of fainter stars, which became richer and more intricate in the irregularly rifted zone of the Milky Way.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various
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