entwistintwistv.

/ɛnˈtwɪst/

/ɪnˈtwɪst/

Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + twist v.

transitive.

a. To clasp with a twist.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > surround closely or tightly

clipc825

fathomOE

windc1175

truss1340

embracec1360

bindc1384

clasp1447

complect1523

circumplect1578

embrace1578

enclasp1596

entwist1600

beclasp1608

chaina1616

inclipa1616

corsleta1625

circumplex1632

enlace1633

entwine1633

comply1648

throttle1863

α.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 42 So doth the woodbine, the sweete Honisuckle, Gently entwist .

1705 J. Philips Blenheim 249 Th' unweeting prey Entwisted roars.

β. 1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xii. 291 His untrimmed hair, a long and loathsome mass, With cotton cords intwisted.

b. To form into a twist.

ΚΠ

α.

1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse i. x. 20 They [the guts] are gathered up and entwisted in the folds of the Mesentery.

1749 E. Montagu Let. 16 Oct. (1813) III. 114 Though the single thread will not bear handling, yet twisted, and entwisted..it is hard to be broken.

1837 New Monthly Mag. 49 399 Some had a maze of horsehair..entwisted round their polls.

β. 1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) Introd. to Rdr. iii. 63 Intwisted or woven together like a curious silken web.a1703 J. Wallis tr. in J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. (1711) 282 When a twister a-twisting, will twist him a twist For the twisting of his twist, he three twines doth intwist.1864 J. M. Neale Seatonian Poems 111 The endless lines Intwisted, and enlinked.

c. To twist in with.

ΚΠ

α.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 68. ⁋5 Very few..have their thread of life entwisted with the chain of causes on which armies or nations are suspended.

Derivatives

enˈtwisted adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally

woundenOE

thwarlc1400

wreathenc1400

writhenc1475

thrown1534

crinkled1558

contort1570

torqued1577

writhed1578

rivelled1594

wrested1609

twound1610

twirled1611

contorted1622

tortile1658

torcular1661

roped1681

wended?1690

twisted1725

entwisteda1800

torquated1851

barley sugar1868

spirated1871

wrangled1876

rangled1924

a1800 W. Cowper tr. Andreini Adam iv. i The fatal sound of these entwisted pipes.

a1813 A. Wilson Poems (1876) II. 191 His noontide walks, his vine-entwisted bowers.

1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid v, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 38 A pliant collar of entwisted gold.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	entwist
释义	entwistintwistv. /ɛnˈtwɪst//ɪnˈtwɪst/ Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + twist v. transitive. a. To clasp with a twist. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > surround closely or tightly clipc825 fathomOE windc1175 truss1340 embracec1360 bindc1384 clasp1447 complect1523 circumplect1578 embrace1578 enclasp1596 entwist1600 beclasp1608 chaina1616 inclipa1616 corsleta1625 circumplex1632 enlace1633 entwine1633 comply1648 throttle1863 α. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 42 So doth the woodbine, the sweete Honisuckle, Gently entwist . View more context for this quotation 1705 J. Philips Blenheim 249 Th' unweeting prey Entwisted roars. β. 1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xii. 291 His untrimmed hair, a long and loathsome mass, With cotton cords intwisted. b. To form into a twist. ΚΠ α. 1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse i. x. 20 They [the guts] are gathered up and entwisted in the folds of the Mesentery. 1749 E. Montagu Let. 16 Oct. (1813) III. 114 Though the single thread will not bear handling, yet twisted, and entwisted..it is hard to be broken. 1837 New Monthly Mag. 49 399 Some had a maze of horsehair..entwisted round their polls. β. 1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) Introd. to Rdr. iii. 63 Intwisted or woven together like a curious silken web.a1703 J. Wallis tr. in J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. (1711) 282 When a twister a-twisting, will twist him a twist For the twisting of his twist, he three twines doth intwist.1864 J. M. Neale Seatonian Poems 111 The endless lines Intwisted, and enlinked. c. To twist in with. ΚΠ α. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 68. ⁋5 Very few..have their thread of life entwisted with the chain of causes on which armies or nations are suspended. Derivatives enˈtwisted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally woundenOE thwarlc1400 wreathenc1400 writhenc1475 thrown1534 crinkled1558 contort1570 torqued1577 writhed1578 rivelled1594 wrested1609 twound1610 twirled1611 contorted1622 tortile1658 torcular1661 roped1681 wended?1690 twisted1725 entwisteda1800 torquated1851 barley sugar1868 spirated1871 wrangled1876 rangled1924 a1800 W. Cowper tr. Andreini Adam iv. i The fatal sound of these entwisted pipes. a1813 A. Wilson Poems (1876) II. 191 His noontide walks, his vine-entwisted bowers. 1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid v, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 38 A pliant collar of entwisted gold. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmas entwist † entwist v. Obsolete also figurative. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 42 So doth the woodbine, the sweete Honisuckle, Gently entwist . View more context for this quotation 1800 T. Jefferson Let. 2 Feb. in Papers (2004) XXXI. 350 He will..entwist himself with the envoys. extracted from en-prefix¹ < v.1600 as lemmas
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entwistintwistv.

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