wreathe

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wreathe /riːð/

▶verb

• 1 envelop, surround, or encircle.

  ■ literary twist or entwine round or over something.

  ■ (of smoke) move with a curling motion.

• 2 form (flowers, leaves, or stems) into a wreath.

– origin C16: partly a back-form. from archaic wrethen, past part. of writhe, reinforced by wreath.