ensheathe

verb

Definition of ensheathenext
as in to armor

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ensheathe
  1. encapsulate
  2. surround
  3. cocoon
  4. ring
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  • Rishabh Pant encapsulated this with a conservative approach in the first innings contrasted with a whirlwind in the second.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Perhaps no story better encapsulates the tumultuous decades that followed railroad expansion than the story of Frank Skinner and Brooklyn police Officer James Bollinger.
    Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of encapsulate
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  • The former prosecutor pointed to the dispute surrounding Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The Slim 9i is, according to Lenovo, the first 14in laptop to have a display with a 98% screen-to-body ratio, meaning that there’s virtually no bezel surrounding the display.
    Barry Collins, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of surround
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  • But amidst a global epidemic of loneliness, fewer people want to be cocooned in a clinic undergoing DNA testing and stem cell treatments.
    Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Should your best efforts to cocoon warmth around you fail, there is, after all, a car to retreat to.
    Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of cocoon
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  • In the old town, the Basilica of St Nicolo is both a Catholic church and - on a lower level - an Orthodox church - surrounded by a perfect piazza, ringed round by wine bars and hole-in-the-wall restaurants.
    Sarah Turner, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • And his ears were still ringing from the mayhem of Game 2 of the first-round series against the Philadelphia 76ers, against whom his 3-pointer capped a miraculous comeback win and left him almost speechless from the volume inside one of the league’s most storied arenas.
    Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of ring
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