infold
1 Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used with or without object)
verb
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Not one save him—him—whose love had broken down all barriers that it might reach and infold her.
From Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame by James Lane Allen
A mad love, indeed; she went nearer to the gleaming waters; they seemed to rise and infold her; the water-lilies seemed to hold her up.
From A Mad Love by Charlotte M. Brame
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
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
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
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