encradle

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verb

To lay in a cradle, or as in a cradle.

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Meanings

verbencradle (third-person singular simple present encradles, present participle encradling, simple past and past participle encradled)

present singular third person encradles · participle present encradling · participle past encradled · past encradled

  1. transitiveTo lay in a cradle, or as in a cradle.

    Begin from first where He encradled was, / In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay.

    1596, Edmund Spenser, A Hymne of Heavenly Love

Origin

From en- + cradle.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

encradle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encradle

MLA

“encradle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encradle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encradle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encradle.

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