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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
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enfold
English
Etymology
Alteration of earlier infold, from Middle English infolden, equivalent to en- +? fold.
Verb
enfold (third-person singular simple present enfolds, present participle enfolding, simple past and past participle enfolded)
- To fold something around; to envelop
- To embrace
Translations
Anagrams
- Folden, folden, fondle
Danish
Etymology
Compare German Einfalt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?nf?ld/, [?e?n?f?l?]
Noun
enfold c
- simplicity, naivety, simple-mindedness
Synonyms
- enfoldighed
Related terms
- enfoldig ("simple", "simple-minded")
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