enfold
verb (used with object)
to wrap up; envelop.
enfoldment
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a word derived from
enfold.
Example Sentences
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Man is the most perfect enfoldment of nature's electric laws, and the world and the universe are the universal expression of electric life and energy.
From The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by George Woodward Warder
The Arabian yielded his hand without hesitation, and his long, slender dark fingers were for an instant enclosed, and almost buried, in the large enfoldment of King Richard's hand.
From The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott
Nowadays it is not so much pure reason as a wider empirical knowledge of nature, with its consequent transformation of ideas, that makes the doctrine of enfoldment difficult.
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Oscar Hertwig
Its beauty will shine upon all, for its beauty is of the soul, whose power of enfoldment is unbounded.
From Woman and the New Race by Margaret Sanger
After that sheltering enfoldment in his arms, she drew back, her hands on his shoulders, looking into his face with eyes that showed no consciousness of a lover's first kiss.
From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Geraldine Bonner
