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Unsheathe vs Ensheathe - What's the difference?

unsheathe | ensheathe |

As verbs the difference between unsheathe and ensheathe

is that unsheathe is to deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword while ensheathe is to cover with or as if with a sheath.

unsheathe

English

Alternative forms

* unsheath

Verb

  • To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.

    • ensheathe

    English

    Verb

    (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.