infold
1 Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used with or without object)
verb
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The mountains that infold, In their wide sweep, the coloured landscape round, Seem groups of giant kings, in purple and gold, That guard the enchanted ground.
From The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book by Ontario. Ministry of Education
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
All around the pines rose straight and tall, like gaunt giant forms flinging out long, skeleton arms eager to infold them in a cruel clasp.
From Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls by Frances Browne Arthur
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
From this it is manifest that this society cannot hope to infold, or at least to organically bind to itself, men whose objects of research are so diverse.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various
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