enwind

[ en-wahynd ]

verb (used with object)

, en·wound, en·wind·ing.

1. to wind or coil about; encircle.

enwind

/ ɪnˈwaɪnd /

verb

1. tr to wind or coil around; encircle

Word History and Origins

Origin of enwind¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; en- ¹ + wind ²

Example Sentences

Enwind, en-wīnd′, Inwind, in-, v.t. to wind itself round.

From Project Gutenberg

Or should in sleep glad visions come: Sick, in an alien land, for home Would be my eyes in their bright beam; Awake, we know 'tis not a dream; Asleep, some devil in the mind Might truest thoughts with false enwind.

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With its melody enwind me—co-ack!

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When thy sleep like the moonlight above         Lulling the sea, Doth enwind thee in visions of love,         Perchance, of me!

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Then Cuteyt went into the prison, where he found Noureddin repeating the following verses: Who shall avail me against the woes that my life enwind?

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