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English
Etymology
From en- + garland: compare French enguirlander.
Verb
engarland (third-person singular simple present engarlands, present participle engarlanding, simple past and past participle engarlanded)
- To encircle with a garland or garlands.
c. 1580s, Philip Sidney, “Astrophel and Stella”, in [Mary Sidney], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], 3rd edition, London: [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1598, →OCLC, sonnet 55, page 537:Muſes, I oft inuoked your holy ayde, / With choiſeſt flowers my ſpeech to engarland ſo; / That it deſpiſde in true but naked ſhew, / Might winne ſome grace in your ſweet grace arraid.
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