Also 7 inwreath. [f. EN-1 + WREATHE v.] trans. † a. To wrap or envelop in (obs.). b. To wreathe, intertwine with. c. To surround as with a wreath; to encircle as a wreath does. lit. and fig.
1612. Shelton, Quix., II. xiv. 489 (R.). Inwreathed in a saile, and throwen into the Sea.
1630. Brathwait, Eng. Gentl. (1641), 87. Such plants as they [the Endive or Misselto] inwreath.
1667. Milton, P. L., III. 361. With these that never fade the Spirits Elect Bind thir resplendent locks inwreath’d with beams.
1730. Thomson, Autumn, 937. Nor less the palm of peace enwreathes thy brow.
1791. Mrs. Radcliffe, Rom. Forest, ii. The lofty battlements, thickly enwreathed with ivy.
1850. Mrs. Browning, Poems, II. 47. I gaze upon her beauty Through the tresses that enwreathe it.
1853. G. Johnston, Nat. Hist. E. Bord., I. 75. Groups of thorn, hazel and sloe, enwreathed with honeysuckle and arched with roses.
1859. Geo. Eliot, A. Bede, 150. It was not at all a distressed blush, for it was inwreathed with smiles and dimples.
1879. Browning, Pheidippides, 49. Oak andl olive and bay,—I bid you cease to enwreathe Brows made bold by your leaf!
Hence Enwreathed ppl. a.
1631. Brathwait, Whimzies, Gamester, 42. Walking … with … an enwreathed arm like a dispassionate lover.
1820. Keats, Hyperion, I. 219. Bowers of fragrant and enwreathed light.
