enhalo

[ en-hey-loh ]

/ ɛnˈheɪ loʊ /

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verb (used with object), en·ha·loed, en·ha·lo·ing.

to surround with or as with a halo.

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Origin of enhalo

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