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verb

Enfold v. t. To infold. See Infold.

Infold v. t. (past & past part. infolded; pres. part. infolding) (Written also enfold)

To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. "Gilded tombs do worms infold." "Infold his limbs in bands."

To clasp with the arms; to embrace. "Noble Banquo,... let me infold thee, And hold thee to my heart."

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Etymology of 'Enfold'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Enfold" Quotes from Famous Books

... we had come. Silence and the night were one as in the countless years that had carved the dim buttes from the rocks of the world primeval when man was not. Beautiful is the wilderness at all times, at all times lovely, but under the spell of the twilight it seems to enfold one in a tender embrace, pushing back the sordid, the commonplace, and obliterating those magnified nothings that form the weary burden of civilised man. With keen appreciation we tramped steadily on till at last we perceived through the night gloom the cheerful flicker of our camp-fire, a sight ...

— A Canyon Voyage • Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

... the sound of pipe and drum! And his mailed bands, with the dawn of morn, To Romara's walls are come. "We come not as foes," the herald saith,— "But we bring Plantagenet's shriven faith That thou, Romara, in thine arms Shall soon enfold thy true love's charms: Let no delay thy joy betide!— Thy Agnes soon shall be ...

— The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme • Thomas Cooper

... with shame when my name thou didst ask. Indeed, what had I done for thee to keep me in remembrance? But the memory that I could give water to thee to allay thy thirst will cling to my heart and enfold it in sweetness. The morning hour is late, the bird sings in weary notes, neem leaves rustle overhead and I ...

— Gitanjali • Rabindranath Tagore

... ahead, at any rate. But, again, could knowledge lead on to that ecstasy of the Sunday psalm, that makes all riddles clear, that bears a man upwards in nameless happiness, in which his soul expands till it can enfold the infinite spaces? Well, at any rate the best thing was to drive ahead, drive ahead ...

— The Great Hunger • Johan Bojer

... Leila in my arms. It seemed as if we two together had been transported to Heaven and filled all its spaces. I felt myself become the equal of God, and my breast seemed to enfold all the beauty of earth and the harmonies of nature—the stars and the flowers, the forests that sing, the rivers and the deep seas. I had enfolded the infinite ...

— Balthasar - And Other Works - 1909 • Anatole France

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