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/ˌɪntərwˈoʊvən/ Listen

verb

interweave v. t. (past interwove; past part. interwoven; pres. part. interweaving)

To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven. "Under the hospitable covert nigh Of trees thick interwoven."

To intermingle; to unite intimately; to connect closely; as, to interweave truth with falsehood. "Words interwove with sighs found out their way."

interwoven, interwove v. Imp. & p. p. of interweave.

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"Interwoven" Quotes from Famous Books

... wayside asylum. We remember when the papers were full of the exploits and valour of this returning corps—then Britstown found no mention. Yet its associations, pleasant though they may not be, are closely interwoven with its short-lived history. The story is told to-day over the hotel-bars of the little township by gleeful Colonials. Told how in open fight, a handful of rebel farmers—perhaps our friends the brothers Pretorius and Stephanus were ...

— On the Heels of De Wet • The Intelligence Officer

... princes accompanied him; but the most majestic of them all was Anchises. Much did I admire him, and I took him with me to our Arcadian city Phe'neus. At his departure he gave me costly presents, a quiver filled with Lycian arrows, a mantle interwoven with gold and two golden bridles." Evander concluded by consenting to the proposal of AEneas for an alliance against ...

— Story of Aeneas • Michael Clarke

... abroad. Whatever details may appear incidentally, as the story progresses, the reader will please to regard as the shreds and ravelled edges of another and distinct life, which cannot be fairly interwoven with the homespun one of the parsonage, nor yet be wholly brushed ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 • Various

... a solid surface; but gradually, as the sun declined, the water grew transparent, and Charity, leaning over, plunged her fascinated gaze into depths so clear that she saw the inverted tree-tops interwoven with the ...

— Summer • Edith Wharton

... a warm friendship sprang up between those three who sat side by side in Grace Campbell's little school-room; and their daily lives had become pleasantly interwoven during these past months. To Jean, Elsie appeared the embodiment of all that was worthy of imitation, from her snowy sun-bonnet to her gentle voice, both seeming equally unattainable to the little ...

— Geordie's Tryst - A Tale of Scottish Life • Mrs. Milne Rae

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