entwine
Etymology

From en- + twine.

Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ɪnˈtwaɪn/
  • (America) enPR: ĭn-twīnʹ, IPA: /ɪnˈtwaɪn/
Verb

entwine (entwines, present participle entwining; simple past and past participle entwined)

  1. To twist or twine around something (or one another).
    • 1815 September 10 – December 14, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude”, in Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude: And Other Poems, London: […] Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, […]; and Carpenter and Son, […] [b]y S[amuel] Hamilton, […], published 1816, →OCLC ↗, page 24 ↗:
      Twilight, ascending slowly from the east, / Entwin'd in duskier wreaths her braided locks / O'er the fair front and radiant eyes of day; […]
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