upwreath verb3 •To rise with a curling motion; to curl upward, as smoke does.In unctuous cones of kindling coal, Or smoke upwreathing from the pipe’s trim bole, His [the poet’s] gifted ken can see Phantoms of sublimity. — 1822 •To send (something) upward in curls.And your fair vestals, watchful, swing Sweet incense for their welcoming, The while our thuribles shall be Upwreathing odorous thoughts to thee — 1911 •To twist or entwine (something) upward.[…] coiled around his crest, a dragon long Upwreathed its golden spires the wavy plumes among. — 1830 formsupwreathed · upwreathing · upwreaths