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interwreathe

interwreathe verb: to weave into a wreath; to intertwine.

Verb

interwreathe (third-person singular simple present interwreathes, present participle interwreathing, simple past and past participle interwreathed)

  1. To weave into a wreath; to intertwine.
    • a. 1657 Richard Lovelace, to my dear friend Mr. E.R
      Say, happy youth, crown'd with a heav'nly ray
      Of the first flame , and interwreathed bay
    • Gentle undulations of soil, interwreathed with fantastic crystallic streams, banked by flowery slopes, and backed by a forest vegetation [...]1843, Edgar Allen Poe, Morning on the Wissahiccon

Forms of interwreathe

third-person singular presentinterwreathes
present participleinterwreathing
past participleinterwreathed
pastinterwreathed

Origin of interwreathe

From inter- + wreathe.

Questions about interwreathe

What does interwreathe mean?
Interwreathe means to weave into a wreath; to intertwine.
What part of speech is interwreathe?
Interwreathe is a verb.
What is the past tense of interwreathe?
The past tense of interwreathe is interwreathed.

Words near interwreathe in the dictionary

  1. interwovenness
  2. interwrap
  3. interwrapped
  4. interwrapping
  5. interwraps
  6. interwreathe
  7. interwreathed
  8. interwreathes
  9. interwreathing
  10. interwrought
  11. interxylary

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