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View synonyms for wreathe
wreathe
/ riːð /
verb
- to form into or take the form of a wreath by intertwining or twisting together
- tr to decorate, crown, or encircle with wreaths
- to move or cause to move in a twisting way
smoke wreathed up to the ceiling
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Other Words From
- wreather noun
- inter·wreathe verb interwreathed interwreathing
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wreathe1
C16: perhaps back formation from wrēthen, from Old English writhen, past participle of wrīthan to writhe ; see wreath
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Example Sentences
Ah, "fools and blind," you little know that you are making a garland of imperishable beauty to wreathe around His brow!
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Examples are wreath (with th as in think), but to wreathe (with th as in then); house, but to house (with s pronounced like z).
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Fifty paces below, a column of opal smoke had begun to wreathe and stretch a languid flag.
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Taking out a little cigarette case, she lights a cigarette, and watches the puff's of smoke wreathe shout her and die away.
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Most of such words are verbs, so distinguished from their cognate substantives, as wreathe from wreath.
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