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interveined en · ADJ

Etymology

From inter- + veined.

Meanings

  1. (figuratively) intersected with, or as if with, veins
    • interveined spores
    • interveined lamellae
    • from his ſide two rivers flow'd, / Th' one winding, the other ſtrait and left between / Fair Champain with leſs rivers interveind, / Then meting joyn'd thir tribute to the Sea 1671, John Milton, “The Third Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 67, lines 255–257:

Forms

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more interveined Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most interveined Degree=Sup lexicographic