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 • Oct. 19, 2021
Three minutes into the conversation with the Matamoros editor, the senior editor began raising his voice about the enlace.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2015
So closely doth the ivy not enlace The tree where firmly rooted it doth stand, As clasp each other in their warm embrace These lovers, by each other's sweet breath fanned.
From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred
Do you, within your little hour of Grace, The waving Cypress in your Arms enlace, Before the Mother back into her arms Fold, and dissolve you in a last embrace.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
Marion, for her possession of him who should have been her husband; Philip, for her ceaseless efforts to enlace herself round his heart.
From The Sapphire Cross by Fenn, George Manville
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