inweave

present singular third person inweaves · participle present inweaving · past inwove · past inweaved · participle past inwoven · participle past inweaved · alternative enweave

1. archaicliteraryTo weave in or together; to intermix or intertwine by weaving; to interlace.

   And thou, faire Phoebus, in thy colours bright / Wast there enwouen […]

   1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 570

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   [The enchanted standard] contained the figure of a raven, which had been inwove by the three sisters of Hinguar and Hubba with many magical incantations […]

   1754–1762, David Hume, “ Chapter II.”, in [The History of England ], volume (please specify |volume=1 to 6), London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], page 57

   Branches of sea-willow radiant with spring, and supple sprays of tamarisk recovering from the winter, were lightly inwoven and arched together, with the soft compliance of reed and rush from the marsh close by, and the stout assistance of hazel rods from the westward cliff.

   1886 April – 1887 April, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, “Answering the Question”, in Springhaven. A Tale of the Great War. […], volume II, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], published 1887, →OCLC, page 235

   For indeed in the middle the fashion thereof was red, but at the ends it was all purple, and on each margin many separate devices had been skilfully inwoven.

   1912, Apollonius Rhodius, The Argonautica

   No sooner had the mournful song run its course than the minister took to the altar and delivered a sermon that in my state gave little comfort. […] His voice enweaved itself through the somber vapors left by the dirge.

   1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 22, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, page 156