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enwind

American  
[en-wahynd] / ɛnˈwaɪnd /

verb (used with object)

enwound, enwinding
  1. to wind or coil about; encircle.


enwind British  
/ ɪnˈwaɪnd /

verb

  1. (tr) to wind or coil around; encircle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of enwind

First recorded in 1590–1600; en- 1 + wind 2

Example Sentences

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When thy sleep like the moonlight above         Lulling the sea, Doth enwind thee in visions of love,         Perchance, of me!

From Poems by Hugo, Victor

Then Cuteyt went into the prison, where he found Noureddin repeating the following verses: Who shall avail me against the woes that my life enwind?

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John

Whom Heaven still leaves a twofold dignity, As girlhood gentle, and as boyhood free; With whom no most diaphanous webs enwind The bared limbs of the rebukeless mind.

From Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters by Thompson, Francis

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