inswathe

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ swathe.

Verb

inswathe (third-person singular simple present inswathes, present participle inswathing, simple past and past participle inswathed)

1. Archaic spelling of enswathe.
   • 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.

References

• “inswathe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.