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entwine, intwine, v.|ɛn-, ɪnˈtwaɪn|
[f. en-1, in- + twine v.]
1. trans. To twine or twist together; to plait, interlace, interweave.
1616W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. iii. Intwine..the flesh-like Columbine With Pinckes. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 174 But further way found none, so thick entwin'd, As one continu'd brake. 1712Budgell Spect. No. 425 ⁋3 The Graces with their Arms intwined within one another. 1772Sir W. Jones Poems, Solima, Where bloom intwin'd the lily, pink, and rose. 1801Southey Thalaba iii. xviii, Patiently the Old Man Entwines the strong palm-fibres. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. ii. 281 Entwine their withered arms 'gainst wind and weather.
b. intr. for refl.
1663Bp. Patrick Parab. Pilgr. xiii. (1668) 92 There they entwine in the dearest embraces. a1771Stanzas in P. Fletcher's Pisc. Ecl. (1771) iii. st. 15 note, Fly and entwine amid those locks of gold. 1849S. R. Maitland Illustr. and Enquiries I. 76 Two serpents, who rear up and entwine in the light of a candle stick.
c. To form by twining; to weave.
a1700Dryden (J.), The vest and veil divine, Which wand'ring foliage and rich flow'rs intwine. a1743Savage Valentine's Day Wks. 1777 II. 218 For him may Love the myrtle wreath entwine.
d. fig.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. i, This opinion, though false, yet entwined with a true. 1613Donne Epith. Ct. Palatine & Lady Eliz., You two have one way left yourselves t'entwine Besides this bishop's knot. 1684Charnock Attrib. God (1834) I. 10 It [the belief of a God] is so entwined with reason. 1829I. Taylor Enthus. x. (1867) 287 The [Christian] doctrine is entwined with the [English] language. 1868Stanley Westm. Ab. Pref. 11 The murder of Becket..was inseparably entwined with the whole structure of the building.
2. To wreathe or encircle (an object) with (another); to wreathe (the one) about, round (the other). Also intr. for refl.
1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 625 They entwine their bodies with the entrails of cattle. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. (1861) 182 No more entwines with flowers his shining sword. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. vii. (1879) 137 Trees intwined with creepers. Ibid. xx. (1873) 454 The pepper-vine intwining round its trunk. 1874Boutell Arms & Arm. iv. 61 A vine-branch entwined about a rod or staff.
b. fig.
1835Browning Paracelsus 132 Tangle and entwine mankind with error. 1843Neale Hymns for Sick 31 In earthly joys entwined, I had forgot The things above. 1848tr. Mariotti's Italy II. iii. 75 Schiller entwined himself round the heart. 1874Sayce Compar. Philol. viii. 317 Similarity of name or local celebrity may cause a myth to entwine itself about some personage or event of actual history.
3. To clasp as a twining plant; to enfold, embrace. Also fig.
1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. ii. xxxv, Divided flames, the iron sides entwining. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Affliction ii, Thy glorious houshold-stuffe did me entwine. 1667Milton P.L. x. 512 His Armes clung to his Ribs, his Leggs entwining Each other. a1803Beattie Poems, Hares 94 The flowering thorn..The hazle's stubborn stem entwin'd. 1832Tennyson Miller's Dau. xxix, True wife, Round my true heart thine arms entwine. 1878Masque Poets 36 Let my arm your waist entwine.
Hence enˈtwinement, the action of entwining; the state of being entwined; also concr. enˈtwining vbl. n., the action of the verb entwine. enˈtwining ppl. a., that entwines.
a1670Hackett Abp. Williams i. (1692) 81 That it might be like a mixture of roses and wood-binds in a sweet entwinement. 1834Sir F. B. Head Bubbles Brunnen 307 No foot tore asunder the entwinement. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 193 The unthinkable care and forecast in all its [the world's] evennesses and entwinings. 1738Glover Leonidas iii. 222 Among the intwining branches of the groves. 1821Shelley Prometh. Unb. i. 148, I feel Faint like one mingled in entwining love. |