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Definition of Enswathe
1. v. t. To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes.
Definition of Enswathe
1. Verb. To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enswathe
1. to swathe [v -SWATHED, -SWATHING, -SWATHES] - See also: swathe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enswathe
Literary usage of Enswathe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong, Roul Tunley (1883)
"We would ask those who maintain this theory a simple question : Is the so-called
germ or " enswathe- ment" which is supposed to survive, escape, ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"... of their struggles, until the proprietor can enswathe them. Moreover, the
orb-web must be able to sustain the weight of evening dews. ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"spec, crawling, full, alive. swathe, vt bind, enswathe, swaddle, bandage (chiefly
spec.), cocoon (fig.); spec. clothe. sway, vt 1. swing; spec, roll, rock, ..."
4. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"-i1 stall, use install*. ensuing*, not -eing. en suite* (Fr.), to match. ensure*,
to make safe (see also assurance, insurance). enswathe*, ..."
5. Romance, Vision & Satire: English Alliterative Poems of the Fourteenth Century by Jessie Laidlay Weston (1912)
"... Then twined the token twice, and drew it round him tight, Well did that silken
cord enswathe the goodly knight; The girdle of green silk, in sooth, ..."
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