interlace

interlace
—interlacedly /in'teuhr lay"sid lee/, adv. —interlacement, n.
/in'teuhr lays", in"teuhr lays'/, v., interlaced, interlacing.
v.i.
1. to cross one another, typically passing alternately over and under, as if woven together; intertwine: Their hands interlaced.
v.t.
2. to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
3. to mingle; blend.
4. to diversify, as with threads woven in.
5. to intersperse; intermingle: She interlaced her lecture on Schubert with some of his songs.
[1325-75; INTER- + LACE; r. ME entrelacen < MF en-trelacer]

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