enswathe

en·swathe
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UK/ɛnˈsweɪð/

verb

To swathe or envelop (someone or something), as in swaddling clothes.

OriginEnglish swathe ← Middle English en- ← Old French en- →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

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

present singular third person enswathes · participle present enswathing · participle past enswathed · past enswathed · alternative inswathe

  1. transitiveTo swathe or envelop (someone or something), as in swaddling clothes.

    Sooner Earth / Might go round Heaven, and the strait girth of Time / Inswathe the fulness of Eternity, / Than language grasp the infinite of Love.

    1827–1879 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “Part I”, in The Lover’s Tale, London: C[harles] Kegan Paul & Co., […], published 1879, →OCLC, pages 34–35

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
wrap

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Englishswathe
  9. Englishenswathe

From en- + swathe.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with enswathe

lathebatheswatherathespathebeswatheflathesaithesandbathescathesnathestaithestarbathestathe
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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