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intwine

American  
[in-twahyn] / ɪnˈtwaɪn /

verb (used with or without object)

intwined, intwining
  1. entwine.


intwine British  
/ ɪnˈtwaɪn /

verb

  1. a less common spelling of entwine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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May thistle, shamrock, rose, for aye intwine In union and brotherhood sublime; And every Briton heavenward waft the prayer, That each the other's weal or woe still share.

From Home Lyrics by H. S. (Hannah S.) Battersby

This laurel-leaf I cast upon thy bier;   Let worthier hands than these thy wreath intwine; 70 Upon thy hearse I shed no useless tear,—   For us weep rather thou in calm divine!

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell

And on that grave where English oak and holly And laurel wreaths intwine, Deem it not all a too presumptuous folly,— This spray of Western pine!

From Dickens in Camp by Bret Harte

"Their spirit and togetherness has never been in question. They're absolutely intwined into Newcastle. They want to be here, they want to play. They're connected to the club. in a way that's very deep."

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2025

In the southern provinces of France, magnificent forests, intwined by arborescent grasses and with the trees loaded with parasitical plants, would hide the face of the land.

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin

What if, in spite of her disdain,   I find my heart intwined about With Cupid's dear delicious chain   So closely that I can't get out?

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

The flowering thorn, self-taught to wind, The hazle’s stubborn stem intwined, And bramble twigs were wreathed around, And rough furze crept along the ground.

From The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems by James Beattie

Thou art with life Too closely woven, nerve with nerve intwined; Service still craving service, love for love, Love for dear love, still suppliant with tears.

From Underwoods by Robert Louis Stevenson

Then, intwining arms with a bright sylphid, she flew with her over the gardens in a trance of delight.

From Fairy Book by Sophie May

I shall now have the shooprame bliss," said Mr. Macshane, with much feeling, as he lifted Mrs. Hayes from the saddle—-"the shooprame bliss of intwining two harrts that are mead for one another.

From Catherine: a Story by William Makepeace Thackeray

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