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Search phrase: wreathe

Plays

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As You Like ItAYL IV.iii.109A green and gilded snake had wreathed itself,A greene and guilded snake had wreath'd it selfe,
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.133Nor never lay his wreathed arms athwartNor neuer lay his wreathed armes athwart
Richard IIIR3 I.i.5Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths,Now are our browes bound with Victorious Wreathes,
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.25We may, each wreathed in the other's arms,We may each wreathed in the others armes,
Titus AndronicusTit III.ii.4Marcus, unknit that sorrow-wreathen knot.Marcus vnknit that sorrow-wreathen knot:
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.i.18learned, like Sir Proteus, to wreathe your arms, like alearn'd (like Sir Protheus) to wreath your Armes like a
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.64Nor in more bounty spread her; your wheaten wreathNor in more bounty spread her. Your wheaten wreathe

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.110 With bruised arms and wreaths of victory. With bruised armes and wreathes of victorie,
Venus and AdonisVen.879 Wreathed up in fatal folds just in his way, Wreath'd vp in fatall folds iust in his way,

Glossary

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brow-bindwreathe around the brow
crownetwreathed, entwined, garlanded
entwistclasp with a twist, entwine, wreathe around
sorrow-wreathenfolded in grief
wreathefold, intertwine

Thesaurus

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around the brow, wreathebrow-bind
around, wreatheentwist
brow, wreathe around thebrow-bind
wreathe aroundentwist
wreathe around the browbrow-bind
wreathedcrownet

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SORROWSTATEsorrow-wreathen adj
WREATHBASICwreathe v, wreathed adj
WREATHSTATEsorrow-wreathen adj

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