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enfolded

[en-fohld]

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verb (used with object)

to wrap up; envelop: to enfold someone in a cloak.

to surround as if with folds: He wished to enfold her in the warmth of his love. What happened is enfolded in mystery.

to hug or clasp; embrace: She enfolded him in her arms.

to form into a fold or folds: The material of the skirt had been enfolded to form a loose, graceful drape.

Also, infold.

Origin:
1585–95; en-¹ + fold¹

Related forms

en·fold·er, noun

en·fold·ment, noun

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enfold

early 15c., from en- "make, put in" + fold.

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"Persephone herself is but a voice
or a darkness invisible enfolded in the deeper dark
of the arms Plutonic, and pierced with the passion of dense gloom,
among the splendor of torches of darkness, shedding darkness on the
lost bride and her groom."

-D.H. Lawrence

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