intertexture
Americannoun
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the act of interweaving or the condition of being interwoven.
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something formed by interweaving.
noun
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the act or process of interweaving or the condition of having been interwoven
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something that has been interwoven
Etymology
Origin of intertexture
Example Sentences
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It is for want of this artful intertexture, and those necessary changes, that the whole of a book may be tedious, though all the parts are praised.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Samuel Johnson
The object of the former was to point out the general threads of primeval truth in the fabric of Paganism—that of the latter to trace the later and fanciful intertexture of superstition.
From The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 by Friedrich Schlegel
I know not where else in literature to look for a work which leaves such a strong impression on the reader's mind of the intertexture of human lives.
From Mathilde Blind by George Eliot
At length, after walking a long way in the woods, we arrived at another thicket, through the intertexture of which was glimmering a pale rosy light.
From Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by George MacDonald
The sense is carried on through a long intertexture of complicated clauses, and, as nothing is distinguished, nothing is remembered.
From Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 by Samuel Johnson
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