GDict

enfold

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verb
  1. 1

    To envelop and wrap up something.transitive

    • 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.
  2. 2

    To clasp with the arms; embrace.transitive

    • 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.

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