Definition for WREATH

WREATH, v.t. [pret. wreathed; pp. wreathed, wreathen.]

  1. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; as, to wreath a garland of flowers.
  2. To interweave; to entwine; as, chains of wreathed work.
  3. To encircle, as a garland. The flow'rs that wreath the sparkling bowl. – Prior.
  4. To encircle as with a garland; to dress in a garland. And with thy winding ivy wreaths her lance. – Dryden.

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