Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. t. [imp. {Wreathed}; p. p. {Wreathed};
   Archaic {Wreathen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wreathing}.] [See
   {Wreath}, n.] [Written also {wreath}.]
   1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
      [Obs.]

            And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe.
                                                  --Spenser.

   2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to
      entwine.

            The nods and smiles of recognition into which this
            singular physiognomy was wreathed.    --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

            From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve
            Down dropped.                         --Milton.

   3. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to
      encircle; to infold.

            Each wreathed in the other's arms.    --Shak.

            Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed.
                                                  --Milton.

            And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance.
                                                  --Dryden.

   4. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.

            In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl, Fell
            adders hiss.                          --Prior.