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inlace en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
inlacing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
inlaces Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
inlaced Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
inlaced Tense=Past lexicographic