enfold

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Scrabble points
10
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12
Letters
6

Definition of enfold

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (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.”
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verb

  1. (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.”
  2. (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.”

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Etymology

Alteration of earlier infold, from Middle English infolden, equivalent to en- + fold.

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