infold
1 Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used with or without object)
verb
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A sprightly courser, fairer than the rest, The king himself presents his royal guest: A lion's hide his back and limbs infold, Precious with studded work, and paws of gold.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
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 Riley, James Whitcomb
To some indeed there appeared no danger; but to others the dragon stained with his mother's blood appeared bent to infold in his closest toils the daughter of Tyndarus.
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
To involve is, literally, to infold, not to bring about, nor cause to ensue.
From Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults by Bierce, Ambrose
Dear heart, we could not hold him; Yet secretly your arms and mine infold him— ��Our little child who does not go away.
From The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Van Dyke, Henry
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