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Definition of Intwist
1. v. t. To twist into or together; to interweave.
Definition of Intwist
1. Verb. (alternative form of entwist) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intwist
1. to entwist [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: entwist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intwist
Literary usage of Intwist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... twin, For the twisting of his twist he three twines doth intwist; But if one
of the twines of the twist do untwist, The twine that ..."
2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1806)
""When a twister a twisting will twist him a twist, Tor the twisting his twist he
three twines doth intwist ; But, if one of the twines of the twist do ..."
3. The Nursery Rhymes of England by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1886)
"WHEN a Twister a twisting, will twist him a twist; For the twisting of his twist,
he three times doth intwist; But if one of the twines of the twist do ..."
4. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1847)
"... will twist him a twist ; For the twisting of his twist, he three twines doth
intwist ; But if one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The twine that ..."
5. Public School Methods (1921)
"When a twister a-twisting would twist him a twist, in twisting the twist he three
twines doth intwist, but if one of the twines that lie ..."
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