enswathe
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛnˈsweɪð/
- Rhymes: -eɪð
- Hyphenation: swathe
Verb edit
enswathe (third-person singular simple present enswathes, present participle enswathing, simple past and past participle enswathed)
- (transitive) To swathe or envelop (someone or something), as in swaddling clothes.
- 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:
- Sooner Earth / Might go round Heaven, and the strait girth of Time / Inswathe the fulness of Eternity, / Than language grasp the infinite of Love.
Alternative forms edit
- inswathe (obsolete)