intwine
intwine is the archaic spelling of entwine.
Meaning of entwine
Verb
entwine (third-person singular simple present entwines, present participle entwining, simple past and past participle entwined)
- To twist or twine around something (or one another).
- Twilight, ascending slowly from the east, / Entwin'd in duskier wreaths her braided locks / O'er the fair front and radiant eyes of day; […]1815 September 10 – December 14, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude”, in Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude: And Other Poems, London: […] Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, […]; and...
- Synonyms:
- betwine, intertwine, twine, braid, entwist, interlace, interthread, intertwist, interweave, lace
Forms of intwine
| third-person singular present | intwines |
|---|---|
| present participle | intwining |
| past participle | intwined |
| past | intwined |
Origin of intwine
From in- + twine (verb).
Questions about intwine
- What is intwine the archaic spelling of?
- Intwine is the archaic spelling of entwine.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: intwine (page history and authors); entwine (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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