TWINE


Meaning of TWINE in English

n.

Function: verb

Inflected Form: twined ; twin · ing

Etymology: alteration of Scots twin, from Middle English twinnen, from twin double

Date: 1722

transitive verb chiefly Scottish : to cause (one) to lose possession : DEPRIVE < twined him of his nose ― J. C. Ransom>

intransitive verb chiefly Scottish : PART <you and me must twine ― R. L. Stevenson>

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