encradle

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English

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Etymology

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From en- +‎ cradle.

Verb

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encradle (third-person singular simple present encradles, present participle encradling, simple past and past participle encradled)

  1. (transitive) To lay in a cradle, or as in a cradle.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Hymne of Heavenly Love:
      Begin from first where He encradled was, / In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay.

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