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English Dictionary: entwine by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
entwine
v
  1. tie or link together
    Synonym(s): knit, entwine
  2. spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts"
    Synonym(s): intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
    Antonym(s): untwine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intwine \In*twine"\, v. t. [Cf. {Entwine}.]
      To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath
      of flowers intwined. [Written also {entwine}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Entwine \En*twine"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + twine. Cf. {Intwine}.]
      To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round. [Written also
      {intwine}.]
  
               Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks.
                                                                              --Shelley.
  
               Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. --Herbert.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Entwine \En*twine"\, v. i.
      To be twisted or twined.
  
               With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress.
                                                                              --De Quincey.
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