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swaddle
 
SYLLABICATION:swad·dle
PRONUNCIATION:  swdl
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: swad·dled, swad·dling, swad·dles
1. To wrap or bind in bandages; swathe. 2. To wrap (a baby) in swaddling clothes. 3. To restrain or restrict.
NOUN: A band or cloth used for swaddling.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English swadlen, probably back-formation from swadling (band), swaddling (cloth), or swathelbonde, both from *swathelen, probably frequentative of Old English swathian, to swathe.
 
 
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