inwreathe
Americanverb (used with object)
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High up on a spray of clouds that inwreathe the pillars of the temple, two angels playfully sport with the cross; and, with that wonderful insight which a painter gets who has studied cloud form flitting over Alpine crags, Titian has not only thrown a many-toned gradation of shade on the vapor, but shown its projected shadow on the pillar.
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Enwreathe, en-rēth′, Inwreathe, in-, v.t. to wreathe: to encircle as with a wreath.
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A chaplet of flame began to inwreathe the square.
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Smiles may be said to be wreathed because they inwreathe the face.
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