单词 | enswathement |
释义 | enswathementn. The action of enswathing, or the condition of being enswathed: concrete that in which anything is enswathed or enfolded. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > swathing swathing1375 rollingc1450 swaddlingc1522 enswathement1877 1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 65 All vital power..in moist enswathement grows. 1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (1884) vii. 225 We..define the soul as an invisible enswathement of the body. 1887 E. C. Dawson Life Bp. Hannington 27 The cramping enswathements of the Roman system. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1877 |
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