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enshroud

[en-shroud] Origin

en·shroud

[en-shroud]
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

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enshroud
1580s, from en- + shroud. Related: Enshrouded; enshrouding.
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