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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [syn: intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace] [ant: untwine]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French enlacer to ensnare, from en- + lace lace Date: 14th century 1. encircle, enfold 2. entwine, interlace

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 encircle tightly. 2 entwine. 3 enfold. Derivatives: enlacement n. Etymology: ME f. OF enlacier ult. f. L laqueus noose

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Enlace En*lace", v. t. To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle. Ropes of pearl her neck and breast enlace. --P. Fletcher.

Moby Thesaurus

braid, entwine, interknit, interlace, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, intort, knit, lace, loom, loop, mat, net, noose, plait, pleach, raddle, splice, tissue, twill, twine, twist, wattle, weave, web, wreathe