enfold
verb (used with object)
to wrap up; envelop.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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While the night has been enfolding us, Thy loving care has held us in the everlasting arms.
From The Optimist's Good Morning by Florence Hobart Perin