What does inwreathe mean?
Inwreathe means (transitive, obsolete, poetic) To surround or encompass as with a wreath..
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(transitive, obsolete, poetic) To surround or encompass as with a wreath..
Nor less the palm of peace inwreathes thy brow
It was far down the afternoon; and when all the spearings of the crimson fight were done: and floating in the lovely sunset sea and sky, sun and whale both stilly died together; then, such a sweetness and such plaintiveness, such inwreathing orisons curled up in that rosy air, that it almost seemed as if far over from the deep green convent valleys of the Manilla isles, the Spanish land-breeze, wantonly turned sailor, had gone to sea, freighted with these vesper hymns.
Nor diamonds inwreathed with the braids of her hair.
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Inwreathe means (transitive, obsolete, poetic) To surround or encompass as with a wreath..
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Nor less the palm of peace inwreathes thy brow
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