Sheathe vs Ensheathe - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between sheathe and ensheathe

is that sheathe is to put something, such as a knife, into a sheath while ensheathe is to cover with or as if with a sheath.

To put something, such as a knife, into a sheath

To encase something with a protective covering

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* unsheathe

* resheathe

(ensheath)

To cover with or as if with a sheath.

* Edward Hughes

Each filament of combustible pulp is ensheathed in an isolating tube, and these tubes are then bound into cable-like trunks.