intertex
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin intertexere, from inter (“between”) + texere (“to weave”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
intertex (third-person singular simple present intertexes, present participle intertexing, simple past and past participle intertexed)
- (obsolete) To intertwine; to weave or bind together.
- intertexed fibre
- 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:
- The bright bride's paths, embellish'd more than thine, / With light of love this pair doth intertex!
References edit
- “intertex”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.