umschweben

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German

Etymology

um- +‎ schweben

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Verb

umschweben (weak, third-person singular present umschwebt, past tense umschwebte, past participle umschwebt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to float around
    • 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Wohl seh ich Spott, der deinen Mund umschwebt, / Und seh dein Auge blitzen trotziglich
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