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Vinony

entwine

verb

  1. get all tangled up
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtwaɪn/

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English twine English entwine From en- + twine (verb).

  1. To twist or twine around something (or one another).

    “Twilight, ascending slowly from the east, / Entwin'd in duskier wreaths her braided locks / O'er the fair front and radiant eyes of day; […]”

    “Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths.”