Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To surround with or as if with a wreath.
from The Century Dictionary.
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inwreathe .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb See
inwreathe .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
surround orencompass as with awreath .
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Examples
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Wherefore arise, O men, and enwreathe your hair with leafy sprays, and stretch forth the cups in your hands; call on our common god and pour the glad wine. '
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Soon as the noise of banquet ceased and the board was cleared, they set down great bowls and enwreathe the wine.
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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And thou, glowing Ether, and Clouds who enwreathe her with thunder and lightning and storms,
Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson
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On the right the houses are wholly of mediæval type, the flat marble-sheeted fronts pierced with trefoil-headed lights; one of them splendid with painted arabesques dipping at its base into the very waters of the canal and mounting up to enwreathe in intricate patterns the very chimney of the roof.
Stray Studies from England and Italy John Richard Greene 1860
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And enwreathe Berenice's bright locks in the skies!
The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Thomas Moore 1815
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"Oak and olive and bay, -- I bid you cease to enwreathe
Graded Poetry: Seventh Year Various
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"Oak and olive and bay -- I bid you cease to enwreathe
Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Robert Browning 1850
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