engarlandv.
/ᵻnˈɡɑːlənd/, /ɛnˈɡɑːlənd/, /ᵻŋˈɡɑːlənd/, /ɛŋˈɡɑːlənd/, U.S. /ᵻnˈɡɑrlənd/, /ɛnˈɡɑrlənd/ 1. transitive. To put a garland upon; to wreathe with. Also with flowers, etc. as subj. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > floriculture and flower arranging > [verb (transitive)] > adorn with flowers, garlands, or wreaths
wreathe1579
engarlanda1586
garland1593
laurela1627
festoon1769
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. I2 Laurels..to engarland our Poets heads.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 2 Powers..Whose mylde aspect engyrland Poesie.
1619 M. Drayton Legend Pierce Gaueston in Poems (new ed.) 353 With Funerall Wreath's ingarlanding His Browes.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Recoll. Arab. Nights xiv, in Poems 57 [A cloth of gold] Engarlanded and diapered With inwrought flowers.
1853 F. W. Newman tr. Horace Odes 110 To tempt the little gods, whom myrtle Frail and rosemary engarlands.
2. To surround, as with a garland.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > surround with > as with a wreath or garland
engarland1598
enwreathe1630
1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia v. sig. D5 Yon rotten-throated slaues Engarlanded with coney-catching knaues.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision II. xiii. 57 That part of the cornice, whence no rim Engarlands its steep fall.
1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 91 Snowy heights form a water-shed for the low-lying fertility which engarlands their base.
Derivatives
enˈgarlanded adj.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > floriculture and flower arranging > [adjective] > garlanded or wreathed
wreathed1597
wreathy1697
engarlanded1858
garlanded1862
1858 W. Johnson Ionica 82 A sister's engarlanded brows.
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