Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Past participle of interweave.

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  • verb Past participle of interweave

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  • adjective linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing

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Examples

  • So interwoven is the relationship between the people of the Fergana Valley, regardless of their citizenship, that a 1999 bank bombing in the Kyrgyz city of Osh resulted in the arrest and subsequent execution of two brothers from Andijan in Uzbekistan, a few hours 'drive away.

    Ripples... 2005

  • Maurice may have wept as sincerely over the errors of Arminius as any one of "the crocodile crew that believe in election;" Barneveld and Grotius may have been on the road to Rome; none of these things seem probable, but if they were all proved true in opposition to his views, we should still have the long roll of glowing tapestry he has woven for us, with all its life-like portraits, its almost moving pageants, its sieges where we can see the artillery flashing, its battle-fields with their smoke and fire, -- pictures which cannot fade, and which will preserve his name interwoven with their own enduring colors.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • Maurice may have wept as sincerely over the errors of Arminius as any one of "the crocodile crew that believe in election;" Barneveld and Grotius may have been on the road to Rome; none of these things seem probable, but if they were all proved true in opposition to his views, we should still have the long roll of glowing tapestry he has woven for us, with all its life-like portraits, its almost moving pageants, its sieges where we can see the artillery flashing, its battle-fields with their smoke and fire, -- pictures which cannot fade, and which will preserve his name interwoven with their own enduring colors.

    John Lothrop Motley. a memoir — Volume 3 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • Maurice may have wept as sincerely over the errors of Arminius as any one of "the crocodile crew that believe in election;" Barneveld and Grotius may have been on the road to Rome; none of these things seem probable, but if they were all proved true in opposition to his views, we should still have the long roll of glowing tapestry he has woven for us, with all its life-like portraits, its almost moving pageants, its sieges where we can see the artillery flashing, its battle-fields with their smoke and fire, -- pictures which cannot fade, and which will preserve his name interwoven with their own enduring colors.

    John Lothrop Motley, A Memoir — Complete Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • Maurice may have wept as sincerely over the errors of Arminius as any one of "the crocodile crew that believe in election;" Barneveld and Grotius may have been on the road to Rome; none of these things seem probable, but if they were all proved true in opposition to his views, we should still have the long roll of glowing tapestry he has woven for us, with all its life-like portraits, its almost moving pageants, its sieges where we can see the artillery flashing, its battle-fields with their smoke and fire, -- pictures which cannot fade, and which will preserve his name interwoven with their own enduring colors.

    PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845

  • Samuel Lloyd III, dean of the cathedral, called the interwoven prayers and chants in the sanctuary a symphony to "the hidden oneness within the human race."

    People of many faiths gather to remember 9/11 attacks 2011

  • And through the Keeps we were next introduced to the Stapletons – a name interwoven with our history for many years.

    Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs. Gilbert, Formerly Ann Taylor 1874

  • Theirs was an old family, and a historical name interwoven with the destinies of the two hemispheres.

    Cruel As The Grave Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859

  • Citigroup remains too "interwoven" to fail even after the government has plowed billions into rescuing the banking titan and Congress has passed laws taking aim at financial behemoths, Citi Chairman Richard Parsons told CNBC.

    Richard Parsons, Citigroup Chairman: Bank Is 'Too Interwoven' To Fail The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Citigroup remains too "interwoven" to fail even after the government has plowed billions into rescuing the banking titan and Congress has passed laws taking aim at financial behemoths, Citi Chairman Richard Parsons told CNBC.

    Richard Parsons, Citigroup Chairman: Bank Is 'Too Interwoven' To Fail The Huffington Post News Team 2010

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