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Verb (1)

  1. spin, wind, or twist together“intertwine the ribbons”“Twine the threads into a rope”“intertwined hearts”Synonyms: intertwinetwineentwineinterlacelaceMore general twist, twineMore specific pleach, wreathe, splice, ravel, wattleSimilar twine
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

En·lace′ transitive verb

To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

Ropes of pearl her neck and breast enlace.— Phineas Fletcher

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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