ENSHEATHE Definition & Meaning

ensheathe

[ en-sheeth ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

ensheathed, ensheathing.

to enclose in or as in a sheath; sheathe.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of ensheathe¹

First recorded in 1585–95; en- ¹ + sheathe

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Ador.There is a silentness That answers thee enow, That, like a brazen sound Excluding others, doth ensheathe us round,— Hear it.

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Under its burnished belly slips a ray of eventide, The flickerings of a hundred glowing clouds its tenebrous side With scales of golden mail ensheathe.

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