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interwreathe

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wreathe

  [reeth] verb, wreathed; wreathed or (Archaic) wreath⋅en; wreath⋅ing.
Use interwreathe in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
2. to form as a wreath by twisting or twining.
3. to surround in curving or curling masses or form.
4. to envelop: a face wreathed in smiles.
–verb (used without object)
5. to take the form of a wreath or wreaths.
6. to move in curving or curling masses, as smoke.
Origin:
1520–30; earlier wrethe, partly v. use of wreath, partly back formation from wrethen, obs. ptp. of writhe

Related forms:
wreather, noun
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Word Origin & History

wreathe 
1530, a back-formation from wrethen, M.E. pp. of writhe.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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