enshroud

[ en-shroud ]

verb (used with object)

1. to shroud; conceal.

enshroud

/ ɪnˈʃraʊd /

verb

1. tr to cover or hide with or as if with a shroud

   the sky was enshrouded in mist

Word History and Origins

Origin of enshroud¹

First recorded in 1575–85; en- ¹ + shroud

Example Sentences

Words like "vagina," have been censored on the internet throughout the past few decades, and sexual education has been attacked in certain school districts, threatening to further enshroud the vagina and the rest of the female genitalia in taboo.

From Salon

Actual records of the doctors’ deliberations on Lhermitte’s case are unlikely to be disclosed, given privacy rules that enshroud the Belgian system.

From Washington Post

In “Cotillion,” prim debutantes and their tuxedo-clad partners dance around a ballroom, representing Fordjour’s view of the centuries-old rite as a sort of illusion in which middle-class Black families enshroud their challenging social circumstances in order to create a moment of grandeur.

From Los Angeles Times

“But I didn’t feel excited; I didn’t feel done. There was this strange omertà of silence that seemed to enshroud survivorship. I’m always interested in traveling to where the silence is, so once I detected it, I knew that would be something that I wanted to interrogate.”

From New York Times

Here are five myths that have helped enshroud him.

From Washington Post