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wreathe

  [reeth] verb, wreathed; wreathed or (Archaic) wreath⋅en; wreath⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
2. to form as a wreath by twisting or twining.
3. to surround in curving or curling masses or form.
4. to envelop: a face wreathed in smiles.
–verb (used without object)
5. to take the form of a wreath or wreaths.
6. to move in curving or curling masses, as smoke.
Origin:
1520–30; earlier wrethe, partly v. use of wreath, partly back formation from wrethen, obs. ptp. of writhe

Related forms:
wreather, noun
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wreathe   (rēth)   
v.   wreathed, wreath·ing, wreathes

v.   tr.
  1. To twist or entwine into a wreath.
  2. To twist or curl into a wreathlike shape or contour.
  3. To crown, decorate, or encircle with or as if with a wreath.
  4. To coil or curl.
  5. To form a wreath or wreathlike shape around.
v.   intr.
  1. To assume the form of a wreath.
  2. To curl, writhe, or spiral: The smoke wreathed upward.

[From wreath.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Wreathe

Wreathe\, v. t. [imp. Wreathed; p. p. Wreathed; Archaic Wreathen; p. pr. & vb. n. Wreathing.] [See Wreath, n.] [Written also wreath.]

1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. [Obs.]

And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe. --Spenser.

2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.

The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was wreathed. --Sir W. Scott.

From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve Down dropped. --Milton.

3. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.

Each wreathed in the other's arms. --Shak.

Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed. --Milton.

And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance. --Dryden.

4. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.

In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl, Fell adders hiss. --Prior.

Wreathe

Wreathe\, v. i. To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees. --Dryden.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : wreathe
Spanish: cubrir, envolver, adornar, coronar,
German: schmücken,
Japanese: 包む
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wreathe 
1530, a back-formation from wrethen, M.E. pp. of writhe.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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