inlace

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verb

To work in, as in lacework; to embellish with work resembling lace.

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Meanings

verbinlace (third-person singular simple present inlaces, present participle inlacing, simple past and past participle inlaced)

present singular third person inlaces · participle present inlacing · participle past inlaced · past inlaced

  1. To work in, as in lacework; to embellish with work resembling lace.
  2. To enlace.

    O let these armes inlace thee

    1614, Phineas Fletcher, Sicelides

Origin

From in- + lace. Compare Old English enlacen (“to entangle, involve”), Old French enlacier, French enlacer. See lace, and compare enlace.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Celinaalcineancile
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APA

inlace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inlace

MLA

“inlace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inlace. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inlace,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inlace.

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