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enwind

[ en-wahynd ]

verb (used with object)

enwound, enwinding.
  1. to wind or coil about; encircle.


enwind

/ ɪˈɲɪԻ /

verb

  1. tr to wind or coil around; encircle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of enwind1

First recorded in 1590–1600; en- 1 + wind 2
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Enwind, en-wīnd′, Inwind, in-, v.t. to wind itself round.

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Or should in sleep glad visions come: Sick, in an alien land, for home Would be my eyes in their bright beam; Awake, we know 'tis not a dream; Asleep, some devil in the mind Might truest thoughts with false enwind.

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With its melody enwind me—co-ack!

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When thy sleep like the moonlight above         Lulling the sea, Doth enwind thee in visions of love,         Perchance, of me!

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Then Cuteyt went into the prison, where he found Noureddin repeating the following verses: Who shall avail me against the woes that my life enwind?

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