enwreathe

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English

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Etymology

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From en- +‎ wreathe.

Verb

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enwreathe (third-person singular simple present enwreathes, present participle enwreathing, simple past and past participle enwreathed)

  1. Alternative form of inwreathe
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXVIII, in Francesca Carrara. [], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, [], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 313:
      The ivy, clinging round that side of the old church, shone with its broad green leaves, which caught a double radiance from the moon and from the small diamond panes of the Gothic windows which the long drooping branches enwreathed.