enlace

[en-leys]

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verb (used with object), en·laced, en·lac·ing.

to interlace; intertwine: to enlace strands of rope.
to bind or encircle with or as with a lace or cord: Vines enlaced the tree.

Also inlace.

Origin of enlace

1325–75; Middle English enlacen < Old French enlacier. See en-¹, lace

Related formsen·lace·ment, noun

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Related Words for enlace

intertwine, knit, fuse, mingle, mix, twist, plait, link, braid, blend, pleach, darn, enlace

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Historical Examples of enlace

"They enlace each other to the back of the garden," replies Pelleas.
Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck
Jethro Bithell

British Dictionary definitions for enlace

enlace

verb (tr)

to bind or encircle with or as with laces
to entangle; intertwine

Derived Formsenlacement, noun

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Word Origin and History for enlace

late 14c., from Old French enlacer, from Late Latin *inlaciare, from in- + *lacius, from Latin laqueus "noose" (see lace (n.)). Related: Enlaced; enlacing.