enhalo
enhalo verb: to surround something with a halo.
Verb
enhalo (third-person singular simple present enhalos or enhaloes, present participle enhaloing, simple past and past participle enhaloed)
- To surround something with a halo.
- Does not every bird's eye in its sapphire excellence recall a trusty bénédicité, "speed well,"—the story of lives compressed in two words? Smiles and tears enhalo it, and it surely accelerates our buoyancy of movement to the rivulet, where forget-me-nots—a treasure trove—are garrisoned by King Cup...1880, C. J., “Winter and Summer”, in The Sunday Magazine; For Family Reading, London: Isbister and Company Limited
- I turned and looked down the slope of the hill to where, enhaloed now in birds, stood those other two Martians that I had seen over-night, just as death had overtaken them.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 284
Forms of enhalo
| third-person singular present | enhalos |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | enhaloes |
| present participle | enhaloing |
| past participle | enhaloed |
| past | enhaloed |
Origin of enhalo
From en- + halo.
Words that rhyme with enhalo
Questions about enhalo
- What does enhalo mean?
- Enhalo means to surround something with a halo.
- What part of speech is enhalo?
- Enhalo is a verb.
- What is the past tense of enhalo?
- The past tense of enhalo is enhaloed.
Words near enhalo in the dictionary
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