enwreathe
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of enwreathe
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Soon as the noise of banquet ceased and the board was cleared, they set down great bowls and enwreathe the wine.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
Oak and olive and bay,—I bid you cease to enwreathe Brows made bold by your leaf!
From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)
Wherefore arise, O men, and enwreathe your hair with leafy sprays, and stretch forth the cups in your hands; call on our common god and pour the glad wine.'
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
"I know, that Sorrow is that nobleness alone, Which never may corrupted be by hell nor curse, I know, in order to enwreathe my mystic crown I must inspire the ages and the universe."
From The Flowers of Evil by Baudelaire, Charles
Oak and olive and bay—I bid you cease to enwreathe Brows made bold by your leaf!
From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra
The mountains, stretching, as I have observed, from the left of the homestead, and extending in a south-westerly direction, were enwreathed with fire, clearly defining their shape and altitude against the glowing sky.
From Jasper Lyle by Ward, Harriet
The sun roasted us by day; mists enwreathed and chilled us by night; a myriad insects bit us, and roaring beasts and lurking reptiles harassed our steps.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Bevan, Tom
There was nought in the Valley But a Tower of Ivory, Its base enwreathed with red Flowers that at evening Caught the sun's crimson As to Ocean low he sped.
From The Listeners and Other Poems by De la Mare, Walter
A crown of earthly splendour might have enwreathed his brow, But could that weigh 'gainst glory with which 'tis radiant now?
From Home Lyrics by Battersby, H. S. (Hannah S.)
Her head is generally enwreathed with serpents, and she is imagined to be the cause of all the miseries, dissensions, and quarrels, which fall upon the inhabitants of the earth.
From Heathen Mythology by Various
Ye crowd around! come, then, hold empire o'er me, As from the mist and haze of thought ye rise; The magic atmosphere, your train enwreathing, Through my thrilled bosom youthful bliss is breathing.
From Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe by Brooks, Charles Timothy
Lady Mallowe turned her handsome face, much softened by an enwreathing gauze scarf, toward him anxiously.
From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
She now held the two chickens in her lap, caressing them, laying their heads against her cheek, and enwreathing them in the folds of her great shawl.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 by Various
The depth of its frieze altogether is eight inches, for it extends four inches below the four-inch parapet above, and this lower portion is worked into a foliage enwreathing the sides.
From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane
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