infold

¹ American  

[in-fohld] / ɪnˈfoʊld /

verb (used with or without object)

1. to invaginate.

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infold ² American  

[in-fohld] / ɪnˈfoʊld /

verb (used with object)

1. enfold.

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infold British  

/ ɪnˈfəʊld /

verb

1. a variant spelling of enfold

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Other Word Forms

• infolder noun
• infoldment noun

Etymology

Origin of infold

in- ¹ + fold ¹; enfold

Example Sentences

There Tityus was to see, who took his birth From heav’n, his nursing from the foodful earth: Here his gigantic limbs, with large embrace, Infold nine acres of infernal space.

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But, my eyes shall smile on you and my hands infold you, Pet, caress, and lift you to the lips that love you, so That, shut ever in the years that may mildew or mold you, My fancy shall behold you Fair as in the long ago.

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Thy pale page, Study, by thy side doth hold, As by Cyprigna's her persuasive boy: Twin sacks thou bear'st; one doth thy gifts infold, Whose modest tendering proves immortal joy.

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Enfold, en-fōld′, Infold, in-, v.t. to wrap up.—n.

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But for the poor little girl playing at motherhood there was no one to come in and infold her in restful arms, and comfort her when the long, warm day ended.

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