enwreathe

[ en-reeth ]

verb (used with object)

, en·wreathed, en·wreath·ing.

1. to surround or encircle with or as with a wreath.

Word History and Origins

Origin of enwreathe¹

First recorded in 1610–20; en- ¹ + wreathe

Example Sentences

Enwreathe, en-rēth′, Inwreathe, in-, v.t. to wreathe: to encircle as with a wreath.

From Project Gutenberg

O’er his hallow’d remains let no monument shine, To tell of the chieftain beneath it, His requiem hymn’d by the sorrow-toned pine, And wildly around it the jessamine twine, And flowers, bright flowers enwreathe it; Then silently night-skies their soft dews will shed On the spring-flowers that garland his grave— One generous sigh for the bosom that bled, One generous tear for the fate of the dead, The noble, the true and the brave.

From Project Gutenberg

"I know, that Sorrow is that nobleness alone, Which never may corrupted be by hell nor curse, I know, in order to enwreathe my mystic crown I must inspire the ages and the universe."

From Project Gutenberg

Oak and olive and bay,—I bid you cease to enwreathe Brows made bold by your leaf!

From Project Gutenberg

Be assured of this: On a not far distant day the young giant America will enwreathe the portrait of the man who placed upon it the burden of honor to fight for an ideal without the hope of material return.

From Time Magazine Archive