enhalo

American

[en-hey-loh] / ɛnˈheɪ loʊ /

verb (used with object)

enhaloed, enhaloing

to surround with or as with a halo.

Etymology

Origin of enhalo

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

Example Sentences

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Enhalo, en-hā′lō, v.t. to surround with a halo.

From Project Gutenberg

A blue and flickering gleam of light, dim, yet persistent, seemed to enhalo a woman's face; and as Stern's weary eyes opened under languid lids, closed, then opened again, the wounded engineer smiled in his weakness.

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