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Wreathe v. t. (past wreathed; past part. wreathed, archaic wreathen; pres. part. wreathing) (Written also wreath)

To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. (Obs.) "And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe."

To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine. "The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was wreathed." "From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve Down dropped."

To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold. "Each wreathed in the other's arms." "Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed." "And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance."

To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle. "In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl, Fell adders hiss."

Wreathe v. i. To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees.

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"Wreathe" Quotes from Famous Books

... us men! Strong and stalwart ones: Men whom highest hope inspires, Men whom purest honour fires, Men who trample Self beneath them. Men who make their country wreathe them As her noble sons, Worthy of their sires, Men who never shame their mothers, Men who never fail their brothers, True, however false are others: Give us Men—I ...

— Thoughts I Met on the Highway • Ralph Waldo Trine

... road is the easy way. Straight it stretches and climbs to where Fame is waiting with garlands gay To wreathe the fighter who clambers there. There's applause in plenty and gold's red gleam For the man who plays on ...

— Leaves of Life - For Daily Inspiration • Margaret Bird Steinmetz

... the branch and blossom; doors are arched with palms and long banana leaves; flowers swing from lintel and window and bracket, stream from the pictures, crown the statues; sprays of dropping vines wreathe the chandeliers that shed the soft brilliance of wax-lights around them; mantels are covered with moss; tables are bedded with violets; tall vases overflow with roses and heliotropes, with cold camellias and ...

— Lippincott's Magazine. Vol. XII, No. 33. December, 1873. • Various

... future, urged by a divine impulse, had proclaimed through the middle of the streets, "Ye women of Ismenus, go all of you,[33] and give to Latona, and the two children of Latona, the pious frankincense, together with prayers, and wreathe your hair with laurel; by my mouth does Latona command {this}." Obedience is paid; and all the Theban women adorn their temples with leaves {of laurel}, as commanded, and offer frankincense on the sacred fires, and words of supplication. Lo! Niobe comes, ...

— The Metamorphoses of Ovid - Vol. I, Books I-VII • Publius Ovidius Naso

... of celestial peace Walketh a gardener in meekness clad; Fair are the flowers that wreathe his dewy locks, And his mysterious eyes are ...

— The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 - Sorrow and Consolation • Various

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