WREATHE Definition & Meaning

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wreathe

[ reeth ]

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verb (used with object)

wreathed; wreathed or (Archaic) wreathen; wreathing.

to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
to form as a wreath by twisting or twining.
to surround in curving or curling masses or form.
to envelop:
a face wreathed in smiles.

verb (used without object)

wreathed; wreathed or (Archaic) wreathen; wreathing.

to take the form of a wreath or wreaths.
to move in curving or curling masses, as smoke.

wreathe

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verb

to form into or take the form of a wreath by intertwining or twisting together
tr to decorate, crown, or encircle with wreaths
to move or cause to move in a twisting way
smoke wreathed up to the ceiling

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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��t��·�ɰ��𲹳ٳ�� verb interwreathed interwreathing

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of wreathe¹

1520–30; earlier wrethe, partly v. use of wreath, partly back formation from wrethen, obsolete past participle of writhe

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of wreathe¹

C16: perhaps back formation from �ɰ�ŧ�ٳ��, from Old English writhen, past participle of �ɰ�ī�ٳ󲹲� to writhe ; see wreath

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"What we commemorate, what we celebrate, what public displays we make, where we place wreathes – the president does have that ability to signal what he thinks is important," he added.

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Rescue workers, wreathed in smoke, stood by a pair of excavators digging through a mountain of rubble — the wreckage of an eight-story, 16-apartment building.

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The crosses throughout a bizarre realm wreathed in shadow mark sites where he has shed his corporeal flesh.

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At the sound of a gunshot, a performer, wreathed in white silks, tumbles from the ceiling.

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The nicotine inside comes wreathed in a “strawberry kiwi” flavor.

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