Synonyms

enshroud

American

[en-shroud] / ɛnˈʃraʊd /

verb (used with object)

to shroud; conceal.

enshroud British

/ ɪnˈʃraʊd /

verb

(tr) to cover or hide with or as if with a shroud

the sky was enshrouded in mist

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Etymology

Origin of enshroud

First recorded in 1575–85; en- ¹ + shroud

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Enshroud, en-shrowd′, v.t. to cover with a shroud: to cover up.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Enshroud him tenderly, even as a mother Folds her soft vestment round the child she loves.

From India, Its Life and Thought by Jones, John P. (John Peter)

Enshroud with ivy until the roses bloom again, oh Love, the dampened hair of thy poet!”

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson

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