Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To wind around or about.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To wind or coil about.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To wind about; to encircle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
wind about; toencircle .
Etymologies
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Examples
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[106] The waters enwind the ward of the treasures.
Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Lesslie [Translator] Hall
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Be not thy love, O heart, to one alone confined, Lest, for that one, amaze and doting thee enwind;
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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Who shall avail me against the woes that my life enwind?
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Anonymous 1879
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Her notion of the passion was parasitic: man the tree, woman the bine: but the bine was flame to enwind and to soar, serpent to defend, immortal flowers to crown.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868
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Her notion of the passion was parasitic: man the tree, woman the bine: but the bine was flame to enwind and to soar, serpent to defend, immortal flowers to crown.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Her notion of the passion was parasitic: man the tree, woman the bine: but the bine was flame to enwind and to soar, serpent to defend, immortal flowers to crown.
One of Our Conquerors — Complete George Meredith 1868
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