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intertexture

American  
[in-ter-teks-cher] / ˌɪn tərˈtɛks tʃər /

noun

  1. the act of interweaving or the condition of being interwoven.

  2. something formed by interweaving.


intertexture British  
/ ˌɪntəˈtɛkstʃə /

noun

  1. the act or process of interweaving or the condition of having been interwoven

  2. something that has been interwoven

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of intertexture

First recorded in 1640–50; inter- + texture

Example Sentences

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These, however, are all more or less intermingled, and with the greatest art; and there are numerous episodes of a like intertexture.

From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Tasso, Torquato

None the less it shows in an eminent degree one of the influences which guided that movement: the intimate intertexture of a spiritual sense with a material form; small actualities made vocal of lofty meanings.

From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel

But though accepting and enforcing the doctrine by showing that the 'mixture is too subtle, the intertexture too ineffable' to admit of expression, he condemns the style which is the best illustration of its truth.

From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

I know not where else in literature to look for a work which leaves such a strong impression on the reader's mind of the intertexture of human lives.

From Mathilde Blind by Eliot, George

At length, after walking a long way in the woods, we arrived at another thicket, through the intertexture of which was glimmering a pale rosy light.

From Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by MacDonald, George