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inknit

inknit is the alternative form of enknit.

Meaning of enknit

Verb

enknit (third-person singular simple present enknits, present participle enknitting, simple past and past participle enknitted)

  1. (transitive) To knit in; intwine; (by extension) to interweave
    • Did you ever think how these universal stories have become inknitted with the very life of universal history?1882, The Kindergarten for Teachers and Parents, volume 5, page 675

Forms of inknit

third-person singular presentinknits
present participleinknitting
past participleinknitted
pastinknitted
alternative formin-knit

Origin of inknit

From Middle English inknitten, equivalent to in- + knit.

Questions about inknit

What is inknit the alternative form of?
Inknit is the alternative form of enknit.

Words near inknit in the dictionary

  1. inkmakers
  2. inkmaking
  3. inkman
  4. inkmen
  5. inkneed
  6. inknit
  7. inknot
  8. inknots
  9. inknotted
  10. inknotting
  11. Inkom

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