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enswathed

enswathed is the simple past and past participle of enswathe.

Meaning of enswathe

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To swathe or envelop (someone or something), as in swaddling clothes.
    • Sooner Earth / Might go round Heaven, and the strait girth of Time / Inswathe the fulness of Eternity, / Than language grasp the infinite of Love.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

Questions about enswathed

What is enswathed the simple past and past participle of?
Enswathed is the simple past and past participle of enswathe.

Words near enswathed in the dictionary

  1. ensures
  2. ensurest
  3. ensureth
  4. ensuring
  5. enswathe
  6. enswathed
  7. enswathement
  8. enswathements
  9. enswathes
  10. enswathing
  11. ensweep

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