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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 Hardy, Thomas

Within it also light intervolved veins were observable.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by

Knowledge, in turn, proceeds from name and thing, the two are intervolved leaving no remnant; by some concurrent cause knowledge engenders name and thing, whilst by some other cause concurrent, name and thing engender knowledge.

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 Douglas, Norman

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 Foster, John

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 Oxenham, John

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