enfold en · VERB
Etymology
Alteration of earlier infold, from Middle English infolden, equivalent to en- + fold.
Meanings
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(transitive) To envelop and wrap up something.
In words, like weeds, I’ll wrap me o’er, Like coarsest clothes against the cold: But that large grief which these enfold Is given in outline and no more.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto V”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
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(transitive) To clasp with the arms; embrace.
Prais’d be the fathomless universe, / For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, / And for love, sweet love—but praise! praise! praise! / For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death.
1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enfolded | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enfolded | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| enfolds | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| enfolding | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unenfolded · enfoldment · enfoldedly · enfolder · enfoldingly
Synonyms
Translations (6)
mi kōpaki (to fold something around, to envelop) · cs obklopit (to fold something around, to envelop) · cs zabalit (to fold something around, to envelop) · bg увивам (to fold something around, to envelop) · cs obejmout (to embrace) · cs zahalit (to fold something around, to envelop)