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inweave

American  
[in-weev] / ɪnˈwiv /

verb (used with object)

inwove, inweaved, inwoven, inwove, inweaved, inweaving
  1. to weave in or together.

  2. to introduce into or as into a fabric in weaving.

  3. to combine or diversify with something woven in.


inweave British  
/ ɪnˈwiːv /

verb

  1. (tr) to weave together into or as if into a design, fabric, etc; interweave

"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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Etymology

Origin of inweave

First recorded in 1570–80; in- 1 + weave

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But he would represent the Lord as He lived, he would inweave his whole soul with the being of his Saviour so that he might have a friend in the cell.

From I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross by Peter Rosegger

My whole existence must inweave itself with it.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various

But if I knew, my silken friend, That an old man should wear thee, I The coarsest worsted would inweave, Thy finest silk for dog-grass leave, And all thy knots with nettles tie.”

From Servian Popular Poetry by John Bowring

The thoughtful reader soon finds this inweaving of a larger purpose adding greatly to the idyllic loveliness of these scenes.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by George Willis Cooke

Ever inweaving, returning, The near grows out of the far; And Homer shall sing once more in a swing Of the austere Polar Star.

From The Little Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

He deliberately inwove His life into all that is commonest in life.

From The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index by Grenville Kleiser

And eke with painful fingers she inwove Many an uncouth stem of savage thorn— "The willow garland, that was for her love, And these her bleeding temples would adorn."

From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Charles Lamb

And eke with painful fingers she inwove Many an uncouth stem of savage thorn— "The willow garland, that was for her Love, And these her bleeding temples would adorn."

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

And all Thy workings are inwove     In Thine eternal plan, Which wills the welfare in Thy love,     And works the weal of man.

From Verses of Feeling and Fancy by Wm. M. MacKeracher

Bearing a skiff, contrived of ribs of whales, For frame work,—these, inwove with fibrous moss, And lined with furs of savage Arctic beasts Which he had slain.

From The Arctic Queen by Unknown

Coleridge wrote of Shakespeare's imagination "kindling like a meteor... one sentence begetting the next naturally... the meaning all inwoven".

From BBC Jan. 2, 2016

Inequalities, indeed, of every kind are inwoven with the whole providential order of human life, and are recognized emphatically in our Lord's words.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore

Human interests, however, are not merely earthly interests; the story is vocal with heavenly melodies and inwoven with messages of divine meaning and grace.

From The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition by Charles Rosenbury Erdman

Art in those days was closely inwoven with the life of the people; they lived artistic lives.

From Roman Women by Alfred Brittain

The bride was attired in heavy brocaded white silk inwoven with a silver thread.

From Threads of Grey and Gold by Myrtle Reed

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