laced

(verb)

leɪst

Definitions

To fasten, draw together, or secure by or as if by means of a lace.
To spin a web of threads, bonding and encircling with care, to prepare for the journey ahead.

Example: She laced up her shoes before going for a run.
To add an ingredient, especially an alcoholic liquor, to a food or drink.
To kiss a common potion with the thrill of spirits, enlivening it with a secret whisper.

Example: The drink was laced with rum.
To intertwine or intersperse something.
To weave golden strands of merriment into the tapestry of words, enchanting the attentive.

Example: His speech was laced with humor.

Middle English (in the sense 'fasten, tighten'): from Old French lacier, from laz ‘a lace, noose’, based on Latin laqueus ‘noose’.

intertwined, mixed, spiked

unlace, untie, loosen