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enwheel

American  
[en-hweel, -weel] / ɛnˈʰwil, -ˈwil /

verb (used with object)

Obsolete.

  1. to encircle.

Etymology

Origin of enwheel

First recorded in 1595–1605; en- 1 + wheel

Example Sentences

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I, the presence-hall where Angels Do enwheel their plac-ed King— Even my thoughts which, without change else, Cyclic burn and cyclic sing.

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis

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