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enterlace

enterlace is the obsolete form of interlace.

Meaning of interlace

Verb

interlace (third-person singular simple present interlaces, present participle interlacing, simple past and past participle interlaced)

  1. (transitive) To cross one with another.
    • to interlace wires
  2. To mingle; to blend.
  3. (intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.
    • interlacing branches

See all 5 meanings of interlace

Forms of enterlace

third-person singular presententerlaces
present participleenterlacing
past participleenterlaced
pastenterlaced

Questions about enterlace

What is enterlace the obsolete form of?
Enterlace is the obsolete form of interlace.

Words near enterlace in the dictionary

  1. enteritic
  2. enteritides
  3. enteritidis
  4. enteritis
  5. enteritises
  6. enterlace
  7. enterlaced
  8. enterlaces
  9. enterlacing
  10. Enterline
  11. Enterlines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enterlace (page history and authors); interlace (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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