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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 weave 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

Other Word Forms

  • uninwoven adjective

Etymology

Origin of inweave

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

Example Sentences

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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 Rosegger, Peter

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 Bowring, John