Meanings
present singular third person intertexes · participle present intertexing · participle past intertexed · past intertexed
- obsoleteTo intertwine; to weave or bind together.
intertexed fibre
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The bright bride's paths, embellish'd more than thine, / With light of love this pair doth intertex!
a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC
Origin
- Latinintertexere
- Englishintertex
From Latin intertexere, from inter (“between”) + texere (“to weave”).
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intertex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intertex
“intertex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intertex. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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