verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly or to sweep up. rare, transitive

   "A blaze of meteors shoot: ensweeping first The lower skies"

Example

More examples

"A blaze of meteors shoot: ensweeping first The lower skies"

Etymology

From en- + sweep.

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