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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wreathe /rið/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], wreathed, wreath•ing. - to make a circle around (something) or decorate with or as if with a wreath.
- to surround or envelop:a face wreathed in smiles.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wreathe (rēᵺ),USA pronunciation v., wreathed;
wreathed or (Archaic) wreath•en;
wreath•ing. v.t. - 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.
v.i. - to take the form of a wreath or wreaths.
- to move in curving or curling masses, as smoke.
- earlier wrethe, partly verb, verbal use of wreath, partly back formation from wrethen, obsolete past participle of writhe 1520–30
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