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inmantle

inmantle verb: to inwrap in a mantle; enshroud.

Verb

inmantle (third-person singular simple present inmantles, present participle inmantling, simple past and past participle inmantled)

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To inwrap in a mantle; enshroud.
    • [...] They pleased him, fresh from brawling courts And dusty purlieus of the law. O joy to him in this retreat, Inmantled in ambrosial dark, To drink the cooler air, and mark The landscape winking.2013, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Forms of inmantle

third-person singular presentinmantles
present participleinmantling
past participleinmantled
pastinmantled

Origin of inmantle

From in- + mantle.

Questions about inmantle

What does inmantle mean?
Inmantle means to inwrap in a mantle; enshroud.
What part of speech is inmantle?
Inmantle is a verb.
What is the past tense of inmantle?
The past tense of inmantle is inmantled.

Words near inmantle in the dictionary

  1. inly
  2. inlying
  3. INM
  4. inmacy
  5. Inman
  6. inmantle
  7. inmantles
  8. inmarriage
  9. inmarriages
  10. inmarried
  11. inmarries

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