Wreathe
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ɹiËð/
- Rhymes: -iËð
Origin
Partly a back-formation of wreathen (past participle of writhe), and partly from wreath.
Full definition of wreathe
Verb
- (transitive) To twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath
- (transitive) To form a wreathlike shape around something
- (intransitive) To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath
- (obsolete) To turn violently aside or around; to wrench.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:from so heauie sight his head did wreath,
Accusing fortune, and too cruell fate ....