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intwine

[ in-twahyn ]
/ ɪnˈtwaɪn /
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verb (used with or without object), in·twined, in·twin·ing.
entwine.
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OTHER WORDS FROM intwine

in·twine·ment, noun

Words nearby intwine

inturn, intussuscept, intussusception, intussusceptum, intussuscipiens, intwine, intwist, in two shakes, Inuit, Inuk, inukshuk
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How to use intwine in a sentence

  • The hand of violence has sundered us, and my heart fibres must ever bleed from the wrench, but they will not again intwine.

    Ernest Linwood|Caroline Lee Hentz

British Dictionary definitions for intwine

intwine
/ (ɪnˈtwaɪn) /
verb
a less common spelling of entwine

Derived forms of intwine

intwinement, noun
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