单词 | immantle |
释义 | immantle, v.|ɪˈmænt(ə)l, ɪmm-| Also 7 em-, 9 en-. [f. im-1 + mantle.] 1. trans. To cover or enwrap with, or as with, a mantle. Chiefly fig.
1601Holland Pliny I. 1 Vnder the pourprise and bending cope whereof [heauen], all things are emmanteled and couered. c1620T. Robinson Mary Magd. 425 From top to toe, she was immanteled With purest Lawne. 1626T. Ailesbury Passion Serm. 27 The Sunne..is immantled with a miraculous eclipse. 1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. 37 The verdant Foliage..Immant'ling the laden Branches. 1850Tennyson In Mem. lxxxix, Immantled in ambrosial dark. 1881W. Wilkins Songs of Study 40 The calm that enmantles thine head. †2. To place round as a fortification. (Cf. dismantle.) Obs. rare.
1601Holland Pliny II. 345 The walls that he caused to be built and emmanteled about other towns. |

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