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English Dictionary: enfold by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enfold
v
  1. enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"
    Synonym(s): envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Infold \In*fold"\ (?n-f?ld[b6]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infolded};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Infolding}.] [Pref. in- in + fold.] [Written
      also {enfold}.]
      1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to
            inclose; to involve.
  
                     Gilded tombs do worms infold.            --Shak.
  
                     Infold his limbs in bands.                  --Blackmore.
  
      2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace.
  
                     Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold
                     thee to my heart.                              --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enfold \En*fold"\, v. t.
      To infold. See {Infold}.
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