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intertexture

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in⋅ter⋅tex⋅ture

[in-ter-teks-cher]
–noun
1. the act of interweaving or the condition of being interwoven.
2. something formed by interweaving.

Origin:
1640–50; inter- + texture
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in·ter·tex·ture   (ĭn'tər-těks'chər)   
n.  
  1. The act of interweaving or the state of being interwoven.

  2. Something interwoven.


[From Latin intertextus, past participle of intertexere, to interweave : inter-, inter- + texere, to weave; see text.]
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