wreathe
verb (used with object)
to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
has wreathed
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present perfectof wreathe (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The young fellow who has wreathed himself with flowers and vine-leaves shows a knowledge of colour and effect which an artist might envy him.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene
For this reason, too, the sculptor has wreathed his head with vine-tendrils.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by John Addington Symonds
Our beloved American poet has wreathed in song the love of nature's wooing in his immortal Hiawatha.
From Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton by Rebecca Agatha Armour
How he has wreathed his trunk round that tiger, and now whirls him in the air!
From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by William Ware
