Meaning & use

Enlace

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To encircle or bind with or as if with laces; to entwine or interlace.

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Vines enlaced the old fence, nearly hiding it from view.

The poet described how their fingers enlaced as they walked in silence.

A note on using this word

Enlace comes from Old French enlacier, from the same root as 'lace,' and is now mostly a literary or poetic word rather than an everyday one.

Words with a similar meaning

entwineinterlaceencircle

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Words with an opposite meaning

untangleseparate

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