entwist

[ en-twist ]

verb (used with object)

1. to twist together or about.

Word History and Origins

Origin of entwist¹

First recorded in 1580–90; en- ¹ + twist

Example Sentences

Entwist, en-twist′, v.t. to twist round.

From Project Gutenberg

So doth the Woodbine the sweet Honeysuckle Gently entwist; the Female Ivy so Enrings the barky fingers of the Elm.

From Project Gutenberg

So doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckle Gently entwist,—the female Ivy so Enrings the barky fingers of the elm.

From Project Gutenberg

When a twister, a twisting, will twist him a twist, With the twisting his twist, he the twine doth entwist; But if one of the twines of the twist doth untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist, Untwisting the twine that entwineth between, He twists with his twister the two in a twine.

From Project Gutenberg

So doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckle Gently entwist; the female ivy so Enrings the barky fingers of the elm.

From Project Gutenberg