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engarlanding

engarlanding is the present participle and gerund of engarland.

Meaning of engarland

Verb

engarland (third-person singular simple present engarlands, present participle engarlanding, simple past and past participle engarlanded)

  1. To encircle with a garland or garlands, or as if with garlands.
    • Muſes, I oft inuoked your holy ayde, / With choiſeſt flowers my ſpeech to engarland ſo; / That it deſpiſde in true but naked ſhew, / Might winne ſome grace in your ſweet grace arraid.c. 1580s, Philip Sidney, “Astrophel and Stella”, in [Mary Sidney], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia […] [The New Arcadia], 3rd edition, London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie...

Questions about engarlanding

What is engarlanding the present participle and gerund of?
Engarlanding is the present participle and gerund of engarland.

Words near engarlanding in the dictionary

  1. engaoled
  2. engaoling
  3. engaols
  4. engarland
  5. engarlanded
  6. engarlanding
  7. engarlands
  8. engarment
  9. engarmented
  10. engarmenting
  11. engarments

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