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intexere [CL], ~are 1 a (w. abl. or cum) to furnish or decorate (cloth, garment, etc.) with something inwoven or attached, to embroider with. b to introduce (design etc.) by weaving or embroidery, to weave or embroider into. a hic ‥ coccus ‥ bis tinctus auro ~itur Gosc. Edith 69; pallium ‥ versicoloribus figuris pavonum ‥ ~tum W. Malm. GR II 184; vexillum ‥ auro et lapidibus arte sumptuosa ~tum Ib. III 241; togam auro et gemmis ~tam Greg. Mir. Rom. 22; 1501 [j vestimentum] ~atum cum bestiis aureis DCSal. p. 347.  b 1453 pro j banqwer viridi cum armis ~tis ‥, vj s. Ac. Durh. 147; 1454 j lectus cum tapetis rubei coloris una cum arboribus et avibus in eodem ~tis ‥ item j lectus cum tapeta viridis coloris cum pellicanis glaucis in eodem ~tis Ib. 148. 2 (w. abl.): a to inlay, stud, set (artefact) with. b to clothe with (in quot., fig.). a crucem ‥ laminis aureis opertam et preciosis gemmis ~tam Cart. Bath 153.  b o si texas cilicium, / laudis contexens pallium, / quo me velis intexere J. Howd. Cyth. 143. 9. 3 to make (thing) by weaving together, to create (intricate pattern or arrangement). domum illam Cretae [i. e. labyrinthum] ‥ quae mille parietibus ~tum errorem habuit Lib. Monstr. I 50 (v. error 1b); vallos innumerabiles sudibus vi lentatis ~tos [gl.: tyssure] Balsh. Ut. 47 v. l. (cf. Teaching Latin I 173, (v. intertexere)). 4 (w. ref. to speech or writing): a to insert or work in (topic, utterance, or sim.). b to weave together, compose (esp. in intricate manner). a potui plura de scriptis patrum his ~ere Anselm (Ep. 65) III 185; in epistola hac non unius tantum facultatis picturas ~ui, verum omnium septem liberalium artium quasdam descriptiones ‥ interserui Adel. ED pref. p. 3; verba ejus [sc. Aldhelmi] hic aliqua ~am W. Malm. GR I 29; hunc sermonem debes in anno sepe repetere, sepe aliquod membrum de eo tuis sermonibus ~ere Hon. Spec. Eccl. 861B; tunc in marginibus librorum ‥ notulas ~it Capgr. Hen. 182.  b versibus intextis vatem nunc jure salutat Tatwine Aen. concl. 3; [Aldhelmus] utriusque operis prefationem versibus recurrentibus ingeniose ~uit W. Malm. GP V 196; de beati Cuthberti ‥ sanctitate vos intexisse [sic] sermones audivimus R. Cold. Cuthb. 2 p. 5.

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