Definition of Ensheath

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of ensheathe) ¹

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Definition of Ensheath

1. to enclose in a sheath [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ensheath

ensepulcher
ensepulchered
ensepulchering
ensepulchers
enserf
enserfed
enserfing
enserfment
enserfments
enserfs
ensew
ensewed
ensewing
ensews
enshackle
ensheath (current term)
ensheathe
ensheathed
ensheathes
ensheathing
ensheathing callus
ensheaths
enshell
enshelled
enshells
enshelter
ensheltered
ensheltering
enshield
enshielded

Literary usage of Ensheath

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1895)
"been formed, there has not been enough to ensheath the upper fragment. ... ensheath- ing callus was formed by the upper end, but not by the lower end, ..."

2. Handbook of Physiology by William Dobinson Halliburton (1913)
"... liver and spleen, the spaces are continuous with vessels which distinctly ensheath them—perivascular lymphatics (fig. 203). The Capillaries. ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1886)
"... that the hypothesis of Heidenhain is correct; that the glomerular epithelium, the epithelial capsule ensheath- ing the Malpighian knot of vessels, ..."

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