Meanings
comparative more bewoven · superlative most bewoven
- Woven about; woven into or throughout; (by extension) pervasive
They have the swing of the saga-bewoven old-time bands.
2008, Jazz Music, Volume 6, Issues 3-104 more examples
[...]; the sun could not be seen for overhanging growth, and even nature's tell-tale, the moss on the trees, thus shrouded in omnipresent gloom, failed to betoken direction in this bewoven, betwisted, betangled growth.
1885, Outing, volume 7, page 255I try to limn you in the brake / Bewoven greenly, as you may, / But only see the piles that slake / The slavering dark along the bay, [...]
1947, Harriet Monroe, Poetry - Volume 70, Issue 6 - Page 322Let the strong surfict as they like; but knowledge should not belong to mc A true hermit is the sheep. The natural taste being the green, The bleating may not blaspheme the virtues of God Singing the praise in taste, may not the cloth bewoven; …
1989, Bagar: A Magazine of Contemporary Writing - Volume 8The playing of all three is never less than sensitive and fluid, and everything is buoyant, achieving a refined funkiness. However, after five minutes, the trio settle into their bewoven spell-making, and there are no further developments.
2003, High Fidelity News, Record, Review
Origin
From be- (“about, around”) + woven.
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