enwreathe, inwreathe
(ɛn-, ɪnˈriːð)
Also 7 inwreath.
[f. en-1 + wreathe v.]
trans. † a. To wrap or envelop in (obs.). b. To wreathe, intertwine with. c. To surround as with a wreath; to encircle as a wreath does. lit. and fig.
| 1620 Shelton Quix. II. xiv. (R.), Enwreathed in a sail and thrown into the sea. 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentl. 87 Such plants as they [the endive or misselto] inwreath. 1667 Milton P.L. iii. 361 With these that never fade the Spirits Elect Bind thir resplendent locks inwreath'd with beams. 1730 Thomson Autumn 937 Nor less the palm of peace enwreathes thy brow. 1791 Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest ii, The lofty battlements, thickly enwreathed with ivy. 1850 Mrs. Browning Poems II. 47, I gaze upon her beauty Through the tresses that enwreathe it. 1853 G. Johnston Nat. Hist. E. Bord. I. 75 Groups of thorn, hazel and sloe, enwreathed with honeysuckle. 1859 Geo. Eliot A. Bede 70 It was not at all a distressed blush, for it was inwreathed with smiles and dimples. 1879 Browning Pheidippides 49 Oak and olive and bay,—I bid you cease to enwreathe Brows made bold by your leaf! |
Hence enˈwreathed ppl. a.
| 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies, Gamester 42 Walking..with..an enwreathed arm like a dispassionate lover. 1820 Keats Hyperion i. 219 Bowers of fragrant and enwreathed light. |