ensheathe

American  

[en-sheeth] / ɛnˈʃið /

Also ensheath

verb (used with object)

ensheathed, ensheathing

1. to enclose in or as in a sheath; sheathe.

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Etymology

Origin of ensheathe

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

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Example Sentences

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ensheathe ensheathed ensheathing

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 Francis Thompson

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 Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Around the neck thus ensheathed, was a collar of cylindrical glass beads, diverse in color, and so arranged as to form images of deities, of the scarabaeus, etc, with the winged globe.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 by Edgar Allan Poe

It is said that "the flowers occur in an enormous cluster, at first ensheathed by large and frequently wooden spathes, which often burst with an explosion."

From The Palm Tree Blessing by W. E. Shepard

For birds undergoing postnuptial or postjuvenal molt, the degree of advancement of the molt is indicated by the numbers of primaries and rectrices that are new or partly ensheathed.

From Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula by Erwin E. Klaas

To allow of the satisfactory assumption of the more complicated rifling by the more rapidly projected bullet, the lead core has been ensheathed in a mantle of denser metal.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins

When not in use the fang hugs the upper jaw and is ensheathed in a fold of mucous membrane.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

They also looked at the fly equivalent of microglia, called ensheathing glia, whose primary function is to remove neural debris, such as degenerating axons.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2023

Finally, they showed that after actually damaging olfactory neurons, the ensheathing glia could not remove the degenerating axons in the flies on the high sugar diet because their Draper levels did not increase.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2023

The same is the case for a range of glial cells, which create a stable environment for neurons by ensheathing them, providing nutrients, and defending against pathogens -- all important for a young, still-developing organ.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023

Tabakow and Raisman concluded that there would be few usable olfactory ensheathing cells left in Fidyka’s nose.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 25, 2016

Petioles very long, ensheathing each other by 2 wings at their bases.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

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