enhalo

[ en-hey-loh ]

verb (used with object)

, en·ha·loed, en·ha·lo·ing.

1. to surround with or as with a halo.

Word History and Origins

Origin of enhalo¹

First recorded in 1835–45; en- ¹ + halo

Example Sentences

Enhalo, en-hā′lō, v.t. to surround with a halo.

From Project Gutenberg

A blue and flickering gleam of light, dim, yet persistent, seemed to enhalo a woman's face; and as Stern's weary eyes opened under languid lids, closed, then opened again, the wounded engineer smiled in his weakness.

From Project Gutenberg