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enswathe

[en-swoth, -sweyth] / ɛnˈswɒð, -sweɪð /
VERB
drape
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cloak clothe cover dangle don dress enclose envelop fold hang sprawl swathe wrap
STRONG
array display droop drop enwrap line model roll spread spread-eagle suspend
WEAK
lean over let fall
Antonyms
STRONGEST
free lay bare let go open release reveal unclothe uncover unwrap
STRONG
collect conceal continue gather hide rise
WEAK
undrape

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Enswathe, en-swāth′, Inswathe, in-, v.t. to wrap in a swathe.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

Ay, if words never needed enswathe aught But ignorance, impudence, envy And malice—what word-swathe would then vie With yours for a clearness crystalline?

From Project Gutenberg

Rosy and proud are the skies of the East, Love-dowered moons to enswathe thee, delight thee: Thy days and our days—are thine then the least, O Aphrodite?

From Project Gutenberg

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.