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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
band, bead, begird, bejewel, belt, belt in, beribbon, bespangle, braid, cincture, circle, coil, corkscrew, curl, diamond, encincture, encircle, engird, engrave, enlace, ensphere, entwine, feather, figure, filigree, flag, flounce, flower, garland, gem, gird, girdle, illuminate, interknit, interlace, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, intort, jewel, knit, lace, loom, loop, mat, net, noose, paint, plait, pleach, plume, raddle, ribbon, ring, spangle, spiral, splice, tinsel, tissue, twill, twine, twine around, twist, wattle, weave, web, wreathe around, zone
Dictionary Results for wreathe:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
wreathe
    v 1: move with slow, sinuous movements
    2: decorate or deck with wreaths; "wreathe the grave site"
    3: form into a wreath [syn: wreathe, wind]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. t. [imp. Wreathed; p. p. Wreathed;
   Archaic Wreathen; p. pr. & vb. n. Wreathing.] [See
   Wreath, n.] [Written also wreath.]
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   1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
      [Obs.]
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            And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to
      entwine.
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            The nods and smiles of recognition into which this
            singular physiognomy was wreathed.    --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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            From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve
            Down dropped.                         --Milton.
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   3. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to
      encircle; to infold.
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            Each wreathed in the other's arms.    --Shak.
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            Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed.
                                                  --Milton.
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            And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   4. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.
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            In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl,
            Fell adders hiss.                     --Prior.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. i.
   To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower
   of wreathing trees. --Dryden.
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