ensweep

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verb

To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly or to sweep up.

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Meanings

verbensweep (third-person singular simple present ensweeps, present participle ensweeping, simple past and past participle enswept)

present singular third person ensweeps · participle present ensweeping · participle past enswept · past enswept

  1. raretransitiveTo sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly or to sweep up.

    A blaze of meteors shoot: ensweeping first The lower skies

    a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC

Origin

From en- + sweep.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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