infold

¹

[ in-fohld ]

verb (used with object)

1. enfold.

infold

²

[ in-fohld ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to invaginate ( def 2, 3, 4 ).

infold

/ ɪnˈfəʊld /

verb

1. a variant spelling of enfold

Derived Forms

• inˈfoldment, noun
• inˈfolder, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of infold¹

in- ¹ + fold ¹; enfold

Example Sentences

There Tityus was to see, who took his birth From heav’n, his nursing from the foodful earth: Here his gigantic limbs, with large embrace, Infold nine acres of infernal space.

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But, my eyes shall smile on you and my hands infold you, Pet, caress, and lift you to the lips that love you, so That, shut ever in the years that may mildew or mold you, My fancy shall behold you Fair as in the long ago.

From Project Gutenberg

Thy pale page, Study, by thy side doth hold, As by Cyprigna's her persuasive boy: Twin sacks thou bear'st; one doth thy gifts infold, Whose modest tendering proves immortal joy.

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Enfold, en-fōld′, Infold, in-, v.t. to wrap up.—n.

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Redge woke up and cried for her, and she told him hoarsely to be still; and then, suddenly conscience-stricken and fearful at the slighting of this other demand of love,—what awful reprisal might it not exact from her?—she went to kiss the child, to infold him in her arms, the boy that Justin loved, before she bade him go to sleep, for mother would stay by her darling.

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