bewoven

B3E1W4O1V4E1N1

adjective

Woven about; woven into or throughout; (by extension) pervasive

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivebewoven (comparative more bewoven, superlative most bewoven)

comparative more bewoven · superlative most bewoven

  1. 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 3-10
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    [...]; 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 255

    I 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 322

    Let 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 8

    The 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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