entwist

American  

[en-twist] / ɛnˈtwɪst /

verb (used with object)

1. to twist together or about.

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Etymology

Origin of entwist

First recorded in 1580–90; en- ¹ + twist

Example Sentences

Entwist, en-twist′, v.t. to twist round.

From Project Gutenberg

So doth the Woodbine the sweet Honeysuckle Gently entwist; the Female Ivy so Enrings the barky fingers of the Elm.

From Project Gutenberg

So doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckle Gently entwist,—the female Ivy so Enrings the barky fingers of the elm.

From Project Gutenberg

When a twister, a twisting, will twist him a twist, With the twisting his twist, he the twine doth entwist; But if one of the twines of the twist doth untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist, Untwisting the twine that entwineth between, He twists with his twister the two in a twine.

From Project Gutenberg

So doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckle Gently entwist; the female ivy so Enrings the barky fingers of the elm.

From Project Gutenberg