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enswathes

enswathes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 enswathes

What is enswathes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Enswathes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of enswathe.

Words near enswathes in the dictionary

  1. ensuring
  2. enswathe
  3. enswathed
  4. enswathement
  5. enswathements
  6. enswathes
  7. enswathing
  8. ensweep
  9. ensweeping
  10. ensweeps
  11. ensweeten

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