engarland en · VERB
Etymology
From en- + garland: compare French enguirlander.
Meanings
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To encircle with a garland or garlands, or as if with garlands.
Muſes, I oft inuoked your holy ayde, / With choiſeſt flowers my ſpeech to engarland ſo; / That it deſpiſde in true but naked ſhew, / Might winne ſome grace in your ſweet grace arraid.
c. 1580s, Philip Sidney, “Astrophel and Stella”, in [Mary Sidney], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia […] [The New Arcadia], 3rd edition, London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1598, →OCLC, sonnet 55, page 537:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| engarlanded | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| engarlanded | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| engarlanding | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| engarlands | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |