enhalo

American  

[en-hay-loh] / ɛnˈheɪ loʊ /

verb (used with object)

enhaloed, enhaloing

1. to surround with or as with a halo.

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Etymology

Origin of enhalo

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

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Example Sentences

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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 Joseph Conrad

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 H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

A shudder runs through all around— Distinctly as in light of day, at topmost window from the ground Sweet Flossie stands, her golden hair enhaloed now by firelit air.

From Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two by Various

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

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

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