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intervolve

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[in-ter-volv] / ˌɪn tərˈvɒlv /

verb (used with or without object)

intervolved, intervolving
  1. to roll, wind, or involve, one within another.


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Etymology

Origin of intervolve

1660–70; inter- + Latin volvere to roll; see revolve


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He was of wise contrivance, deeply skilled In every intervolve of high and wide -    Well fit to be her guide.

From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Thomas Hardy

But now attend to me and listen: The senses six and their six objects united cause the six kinds of knowledge, these three united bring forth contact, then the intervolved effects of recollection follow.

From Sacred Books of the East by Various

Villainously dirty walls surround a massive entrance-gate studded with nails and bands of iron, intervolved in artful designs.

From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Norman Douglas

A land of lights and shadows intervolved, A land of blazing sun and blackest night, A fortress armed, and guarded jealously, With every portal barred against the Light.

From Bees in Amber A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse by John Oxenham

And both together, inevitably seizing on beings who had rejected or lost divine knowledge, maintained a hold as fatal and invincible as that of the intervolved serpents of Laocoon.

From An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance by John Foster

Her portion of shame was dreadful to bear; her bold avowal of love for Christian, her atrocious wording of hate intervolved to double disgrace.

From The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman

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