wreathe
verb (used with object)
to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
have wreathed
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present perfectof wreathe.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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They have wreathed the seminary, the dormitories, the little chapel, in trees and shrubberies and lawns.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mist, blank to his brethren, seems to have wreathed itself into wonderful shapes to his eye; he was the seer whose wild enthusiasm caught the oracles from an inner shrine.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
Princess.—The bough which I, while wreathing thoughts, have wreathed, Soon finds a worthy resting-place.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various
As it cooled, it seems to have wreathed itself into a thousand fantastic shapes—and yet the scene is fair and tranquil.
From Cities of the Dawn by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
There we'll recline 'neath the shade of the willow, Where roses and lilies have wreathed a sweet pillow, And the goldfinch concealed in the green boughs above Is warbling all day to his beautiful love.
From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by George Yellott
