Enfold
[ɪn'fəʊld;en-] or [ɪn'fold]
Definition
(v. t.) To infold. See Infold.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wrap, envelop, enclose, embrace, comprise
ANT:Unwrap, develop, disclose
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Definition
v.t. to wrap up.—n. Enfold′ment act of enfolding: that which enfolds.
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Examples
- Oh merciful Death, let me see it before your arms enfold me, before your voice whispers to me, Rest at last! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Slowly the thought of the word faded, and sleep began to enfold her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She wanted so much this perfect enfolded sleep. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He enfolded her, and kissed her subtly, murmuring in a subtle voice of love, and irony, and submission: 'Yes,--my love, yes,--my love. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His love enfolded her childish heart with more than mortal tenderness; and it was to Him, she said, she was going, and to his home. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But it is present only implicitly, potentially, or in an enfolded condition. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Her little hands were clasped, and enclosed by Sir James's as a bud is enfolded by a liberal calyx. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But her father cheered her, and said at last, gently disengaging himself from her enfolding arms, Take her, Charles! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- His conscience was soothed by the enfolding wing of secrecy, which seemed just then like an angel sent down for his relief. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In a trance he lay enfolding Ursula round about. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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