different between sheathe vs enclose
sheathe
English
Etymology
From Late Middle English shethen (“to put (a sword or knife) into a sheath, sheathe; to provide with a sheath; (figuratively) to have sexual intercourse”) [and other forms], then:
- probably from Old English *sc?aþian; or
- possibly from Middle English sheth, shethe (“holder for a sword, knife, etc., scabbard, sheath”) [and other forms] + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Sheth(e) is derived from Old English s??aþ (“sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz (“sheath; covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect, split”) (possibly from the notion of a split stick with a sword inserted).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sh?th, IPA(key): /?i?ð/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ið/
- Rhymes: -i?ð
Verb
sheathe (third-person singular simple present sheathes, present participle sheathing, simple past and past participle sheathed)
- (transitive) To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.
- Antonym: unsheathe
- (transitive) To encase (something) with a protective covering.
- Antonym: unsheathe
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 232]:
- But he could never come up with enough enchantment or dream material to sheathe himself in. It would not cover.
- (transitive) Of an animal: to draw back or retract (a body part) into the body, such as claws into a paw.
- Antonym: unsheathe
- (transitive, dated or literary, poetic, figuratively) To thrust (a sharp object like a sword, a claw, or a tusk) into something.
- (transitive, obsolete or rare, figuratively) To abandon or cease (animosity, etc.)
- (transitive, obsolete) To provide (a sword, etc.) with a sheath.
- (transitive, medicine, obsolete) To relieve the harsh or painful effect of (a drug, a poison, etc.).
Conjugation
Alternative forms
- sheath
Derived terms
Translations
References
sheathe From the web:
- what's sheathed cable
- sheathed meaning
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- what does heather mean
- what does sheath
- what is sheathed wire
- what does sheathed cable mean
- sheathed woodtuft
enclose
English
Alternative forms
- inclose (was as common as or more common than enclose until the early 1800s, is now uncommon)
Etymology
From Middle English enclosen, inclosen, from Middle English enclos, from Old French enclose, feminine plural past participle of enclore, from Vulgar Latin *inclaud?, *inclaudere, from Latin incl?d? (doublet of include). Equivalent to en- +? close.
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?n?klo?z/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?kl??z/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?klo?z/
- Rhymes: -??z
Verb
enclose (third-person singular simple present encloses, present participle enclosing, simple past and past participle enclosed)
- (transitive) to surround with a wall, fence, etc.
- (transitive) to insert into a container, usually an envelope or package
Usage notes
- Until about 1820, it was common to spell this word, and the derived terms encloser and enclosure, with in- (i.e. as inclose, incloser, inclosure). Since 1820, the forms with en- have predominated.
Synonyms
- (to surround with a wall &c.): incastellate, encastellate (used for cisterns, fountains, &c.); see also fortify
Translations
See also
- encircle
- encloser
- enclosable
References
Anagrams
- coleens
enclose From the web:
- what encloses their dna in a nucleus
- what encloses dna in a nucleus
- what encloses the third ventricle
- what encloses the cell
- what encloses the heart
- what encloses the chromatin
- what encloses the nucleus
- what encloses a single muscle fiber
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