enhalo

American  

[en-hey-loh] / ɛnˈheɪ loʊ /

verb (used with object)

enhaloed, enhaloing

1. to surround with or as with a halo.

---

Etymology

Origin of enhalo

First recorded in 1835–45; en- ¹ + halo

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

enhaloed

And suddenly the face of Mr Vladimir, clean-shaved and witty, appeared enhaloed in the glow of its rosy complexion like a sort of pink seal, impressed on the fatal darkness.

From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph

I turned and looked down the slope of the hill to where, enhaloed now in birds, stood those other two Martians that I had seen overnight, just as death had overtaken them.

From The War of the Worlds by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Heroes, with flame   Flashed up from the sword-points that cover her breast, She is guarded by Love, and enhaloed by Fame,   And never, base Foe! shall your footsteps be pressed             Where her dead Martyrs rest!

From War Poetry of the South by Various

He saw Hoopdriver walk slowly across the gateway, his head enhaloed in cigarette smoke, and pass out of sight up the street.

From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

You must imagine this statuesque ruffian enhaloed in the black rim of his hat, letting all this out as an old dog growls sometimes, with his head up and staring-away eyes.

From Within the Tides by Conrad, Joseph