ordire

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to warp
  2. (broadly, transitive) to weave
  3. (literary, transitive) to outline, to sketch (a novel, a play, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to plot, to hatch, to scheme
  5. (transitive) to reeve (a rope) (to pass a rope through a hole or opening to fasten it)

Hyphenated as
or‧dì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/orˈdi.re/
Etymology

From Latin ōrdīre, collateral form of ōrdīrī. Compare Spanish and Portuguese urdir, French ourdir.

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