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Enfold

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To envelop and wrap up something. transitive

    "In words, like weeds, I’ll wrap me o’er, ⁠Like coarsest clothes against the cold: ⁠But that large grief which these enfold Is given in outline and no more."

  2. 2
    enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering wordnet
  3. 3
    To clasp with the arms; embrace. transitive

    "Prais’d be the fathomless universe, / For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, / And for love, sweet love—but praise! praise! praise! / For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death."

Etymology

Alteration of earlier infold, from Middle English infolden, equivalent to en- + fold.

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