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ensheathe

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[en-sheeth] / ɛnˈʃið /
Also ensheath

verb (used with object)

ensheathed, ensheathing
  1. to enclose in or as in a sheath; sheathe.


Etymology

Origin of ensheathe

First recorded in 1585–95; en- 1 + sheathe

Example Sentences

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Ador.There is a silentness That answers thee enow, That, like a brazen sound Excluding others, doth ensheathe us round,— Hear it.

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

Under its burnished belly slips a ray of eventide, The flickerings of a hundred glowing clouds its tenebrous side With scales of golden mail ensheathe.

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis

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