enwind

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ wind.

Verb

enwind (third-person singular simple present enwinds, present participle enwinding, simple past and past participle enwound)

  1. (transitive) To wind around (something); to encircle or wrap up.
    • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Gardener’s Daughter; or, The Pictures”, in Poems. [], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, [], →OCLC, page 29:
      Love, the third,
      Between us, in the circle of his arms
      Enwound us both; []
    • 1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
      Prais’d be the fathomless universe,
      For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious,
      And for love, sweet love—but praise! praise! praise!
      For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death.

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