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)
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
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
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
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.)
She took my hand, and I saw her eye follow the soft tracery of pearl-flowers that enwreathed neck, arms, and brow.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee
Saints enwreathed their chins with curling beards of gold; God the Father was dressed as a pope or a bishop.
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules
The first is, I think, the meaning when the cross is enwreathed with the Ecce Agnus Dei; the latter, when it is a simple cross.
From Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
What pangs for thy sake are my portion, O pine-tree with red gold enwreathed!
From The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)
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
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
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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