enhalo

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   literary: to surround with a halo or with something resembling a halo

   A cloud of white birds seemed to enhalo the silent machine on the hill.

2. 2
   verb

   literary: to invest a person or thing with an idealized aura of glory or reverence

   Later accounts enhaloed the explorer with a courage he had never claimed.

A rare literary formation from en-, 'cause to be in or surround with,' + halo. It can describe a literal ring around something or a figurative aura of glory and idealization.

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