Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To twist together; entwine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To twist or wreathe round.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To twist or wreathe round; to intwine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
twist orwreathe around;entwine .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"So doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckle Gently entwist," said Titania; and the blast poured the rain in a spout against the window.
The Seaboard Parish Volume 3 George MacDonald 1864
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"So doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckle Gently entwist," said Titania; and the blast poured the rain in a spout against the window.
The Seaboard Parish, Complete George MacDonald 1864
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IV. i.45 (77,2) [So doth the woodbine, the sweet honey-suckle, Gently entwist] Mr. Upton reads,
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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"I shall be blind before I am sensible of the decay of my sight, with such kindly artifice do the Fatal Sisters entwist our lives.
Gaston de Latour; an unfinished romance Walter Pater 1866
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