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• enlacing — en·lace || ɪn leɪs v. encircle or bind with cord …   English contemporary dictionary

• Enlacement — En*lace ment, n. The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• enlace — enlacement, n. /en lays /, v.t., enlaced, enlacing. 1. to interlace; intertwine: to enlace strands of rope. 2. to bind or encircle with or as with a lace or cord: Vines enlaced the tree. Also, inlace. [1325 75; ME enlacen < OF enlacier. See EN 1 …   Universalium

• Latin American dance — Introduction  dance traditions of Mexico, Central America, and the portions of South America and the Caribbean colonized by the Spanish and the Portuguese. These traditions reflect the distinctive mixtures of indigenous (Amerindian), African, and …   Universalium

• enlace — late 14c., from O.Fr. enlacer, from L.L. *inlaciare, from in + *lacius, from L. laqueus noose (see LACE (Cf. lace)). Related: Enlaced; enlacing …   Etymology dictionary

• enlace — /ɛnˈleɪs/ (say en lays), /ən / (say uhn ) verb (t) (enlaced, enlacing) 1. to bind or encircle as with a lace or cord. 2. to interlace; intertwine. {Middle English enlase(n), from French enlacer, from en en 1 + lacier lace (verb) –enlacement, noun …  

• enlace — [en lās′, inlās′] vt. enlaced, enlacing [ME enlacen < OFr enlacer < en , in + lacer, to tie, tangle < L laqueare < laqueus, a noose: see LACE] 1. to wind about as with a lace or laces; encircle; enfold 2. to entangle; interlace 3. to… …   English World dictionary

• en|lace|ment — «ehn LAYS muhnt», noun. the act of enlacing or the state of being enlaced …   Useful english dictionary