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inwreathe

inwreathe verb: to surround or encompass as with a wreath.

Verb

inwreathe (third-person singular simple present inwreathes, present participle inwreathing, simple past and past participle inwreathed)

  1. (obsolete, poetic, transitive) To surround or encompass as with a wreath.
    • Nor less the palm of peace inwreathes thy brow1726, James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons
    • It was far down the afternoon; and when all the spearings of the crimson fight were done: and floating in the lovely sunset sea and sky, sun and whale both stilly died together; then, such a sweetness and such plaintiveness, such inwreathing orisons curled up in that rosy air, that it almost seemed...1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

Forms of inwreathe

third-person singular presentinwreathes
present participleinwreathing
past participleinwreathed
pastinwreathed
alternative formenwreathe

Words that rhyme with inwreathe

Questions about inwreathe

What does inwreathe mean?
Inwreathe means to surround or encompass as with a wreath.
What part of speech is inwreathe?
Inwreathe is a verb.
What is the past tense of inwreathe?
The past tense of inwreathe is inwreathed.

Words near inwreathe in the dictionary

  1. inwrapped
  2. inwrapping
  3. inwrappings
  4. inwraps
  5. inwrapt
  6. inwreathe
  7. inwreathed
  8. inwreathes
  9. inwreathing
  10. inwrit
  11. inwrite

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