enswathe

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ swathe.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈsweɪð/
Rhymes: -eɪð
Hyphenation: swathe

Verb

enswathe (third-person singular simple present enswathes, present participle enswathing, simple past and past participle enswathed)

(transitive) To swathe or envelop (someone or something), as in swaddling clothes.
- 1827–1879 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “Part I”, in The Lover’s Tale, London: C[harles] Kegan Paul & Co., […], published 1879, →OCLC, pages 34–35:
  Sooner Earth / Might go round Heaven, and the strait girth of Time / Inswathe the fulness of Eternity, / Than language grasp the infinite of Love.

Alternative forms

inswathe (obsolete)

Derived terms

enswathement
enswather

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