enswathe

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Etymology

From en- +‎ swathe.

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enswathe (third-person singular simple present enswathes, present participle enswathing, simple past and past participle enswathed)

  1. (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 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.

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