infold
1 Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used with or without object)
verb
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His back and breast Well-temper'd steel and scaly brass invest: The cuishes which his brawny thighs infold Are mingled metal damask'd o'er with gold.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
The mountains that infold, In their wide sweep, the colored landscape round, Seem groups of giant kings, in purple and gold, That guard the enchanted ground.
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Richard Henry Stoddard
She stood looking down on his bowed head with a tenderness that seemed to infold him as with a mantle.
From Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle
Be wholly good to us, just as of old: As a pleased father, let thine arms infold Us, homed within the haven of thy love, And all the cheer and wholesomeness thereof.
From Afterwhiles by James Whitcomb Riley
All that glisters is not gold, Gilded tombs do worms infold.
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
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