enwreathe
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of enwreathe
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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
I gaze upon her beauty Through the tresses that enwreathe it; The light above thy wave, is hers— My rest, alone beneath it: Oh, give me back the dying look My father gave thy water!
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
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
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)
But the young man still lay in quiet sleep, Or half-sleep, and a dream-born cloud enwreathed With memories, hopes and longings hidden deep In his flown mind.
From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John
Lo, from the depths of yonder wood, where many a blind creek strays, The pure Australian moon comes forth, enwreathed with silver haze.
From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry
A discovery of many similar rings was made in one of the Western Islands of Scotland; they were formed of from three to eight wires each, elaborately and beautifully enwreathed.
From Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture by Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William)
The travellers land; they wander under shady trees away over that pretty light green meadow, which is enwreathed by gardens and woods: no English park has a finer verdure than the meadows near Hellekis.
From Pictures of Sweden by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
Clogging weeds enwreathed and held him back with evil embrace.
From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John
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
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
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
Lady Mallowe turned her handsome face, much softened by an enwreathing gauze scarf, toward him anxiously.
From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
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