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Wreathe
Wreathe
,Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Wreathed
; p. p.
Wreathed
; Archaic
Wreathen
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wreathing
.] [See ]
Wreath
, Noun.
[Written also
wreath
.] 1.
To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
[Obs.]
And from so heavy sight his head did
wreathe
. Spenser.
2.
To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.
The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was
wreathed
. Sir W. Scott.
From his slack hand the garland
Down dropped.
wreathed
for EveDown dropped.
Milton.
3.
To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.
Each
wreathed
in the other’s arms. Shakespeare
Dusk faces with withe silken turbants
wreathed
. Milton.
And with thy winding ivy
wreathes
her lance. Dryden.
4.
To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.
In the flowers that
Fell adders hiss.
wreathe
the sparkling bowl,Fell adders hiss.
Prior.
Wreathe
,Verb.
I.
To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together;
as, a bower of
. wreathing
treesDryden.