enlace
Americanverb (used with object)
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to interlace; intertwine.
to enlace strands of rope.
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to bind or encircle with or as with a lace or cord.
Vines enlaced the tree.
verb
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to bind or encircle with or as with laces
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to entangle; intertwine
Other Word Forms
- enlacement noun
Etymology
Origin of enlace
1325–75; Middle English enlacen < Old French enlacier. See en- 1, lace
Example Sentences
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Among the many tattoos that enlace her limbs is one of the Bataclan, on her left forearm.
From Seattle Times
The subject of both literary arts, for Maxwell, is the enlacing of human passions in the web of relationships, rules, habits and prejudices that make up what is called society.
From New York Times
In the opening scenes, the two men and Hermione repeatedly dance enlaced, with the belly as a sort of fourth participant, the product, it might seem, of all their loves.
From The New Yorker
He dialed the editor in Matamoros who had passed the enlace’s message to Reynosa, put the phone on speaker mode and upped the volume so the whole room could hear.
From Washington Post
She met the twins wandering disconsolately enlaced along the corridor outside her room.
From Project Gutenberg
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