wreathe
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to form into or take the form of a wreath by intertwining or twisting together
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(tr) to decorate, crown, or encircle with wreaths
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to move or cause to move in a twisting way
smoke wreathed up to the ceiling
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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wreathesimple
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wreathessimple
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have wreathedperfect
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have wreathenperfect
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has wreathedperfect
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has wreathenperfect
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am wreathingprogressive
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are wreathingprogressive
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is wreathingprogressive
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have been wreathingperfect progressive
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has been wreathingperfect progressive
Past
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wreathedsimple
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had wreathedperfect
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had wreathenperfect
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was wreathingprogressive
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were wreathingprogressive
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had been wreathingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of wreathe
1520–30; earlier wrethe, partly v. use of wreath, partly back formation from wrethen, obsolete past participle of writhe
Vocabulary lists containing wreathe
Example Sentences
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Wreathe in a garland the corn's golden ear!
From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Schiller, Friedrich
The sunbeams kiss the plaining deep, Wreathe with innumerous smiles The sounding waters as they meet,— While sister sprites Wake laughter round the isles.
From Song-waves by Rand, Theodore H. (Theodore Harding)
A hundred waxen tapers shine From silver sconces; softly pine 'Cello, fiddle, mandoline, To music deftly wooed — And dancers in cambric, satin, silk, With glancing hair and cheeks like milk, Wreathe, curtsey, intertwine.
From Georgian Poetry 1920-22 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir
So come, O youths, these glorious deeds I bid you glorify: Wreathe round your hair, put forth your hands and raise the cup on high!
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William
Wreathe in a garland the corn's golden ear!
From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Schiller, Friedrich
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