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enshroud
[
en-
shroud
]
Origin
en·shroud
/
ɛnˈʃraʊd
/
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[
en-
shroud
]
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verb (used with object)
to
shroud
;
conceal.
Origin:
1575–85;
en-
1
+
shroud
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enshroud
(ɪnˈʃraʊd)
—
vb
(
tr
) to cover or hide with or as if with a shroud:
the sky was enshrouded in mist
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
enshroud
1580s, from
en-
+
shroud
. Related: Enshrouded; enshrouding.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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