interknit en · VERB
Etymology
From inter- + knit.
Meanings
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To knit together; to unite closely; to intertwine.
Also that I might rear as fits my house My children, and, giving brothers to thy sons, Bind them in one, and having interknit My family, live on in happy case.
1868, Augusta Webster (transl.), The Medea of Euripides, page 37, lines 559–562"You know how close I feel to you. Interknitted. Brother and brother."
1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 121:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| interknitting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| interknits | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| interknitted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| interknitted | Tense=Past | lexicographic |