interknit

[ in-ter-nit ]

verb (used with object)

, in·ter·knit·ted or in·ter·knit, in·ter·knit·ting.

1. to knit together, one with another; intertwine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of interknit¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; inter- + knit

Example Sentences

To interknit One’s senses with so dense a breathing stuff Might seem a work of pain; so not enough Can I admire how crystal-smooth it felt, And buoyant round my limbs.

From Project Gutenberg

Interknit, in-tėr-nit′, v.t. to unite closely.

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Typhoid may mean p which in turn means o, which means n which means m, which is very similar to the data selected as the key to the problem. or definition and classification One of the chief objects of science is to provide for every typical branch of subject-matter a set of meanings and principles so closely interknit that any one implies some other according to definite conditions, which under certain other conditions implies another, and so on.

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And straightway he set himself to examine how securely the trees were interknit.

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To interknit One's senses with so dense a breathing stuff Might seem a work of pain; so not enough Can I admire how crystal-smooth it felt, And buoyant round my limbs.

From Project Gutenberg

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