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enhalo

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[en-hay-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

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He had not lived in the United States since early childhood, and saw the country of the Stars and Stripes enhaloed by romance.

From Plotting in Pirate Seas by C. A. (Charles A.) Federer

The music ceased, but not that humming, and by a simultaneous movement of ten thousand respectful heads my attention was directed to the enhaloed supreme intelligence that hovered above me.

From The First Men in the Moon by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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 H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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 Joseph Conrad

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 Joseph Conrad

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