infold

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INFOLD, verb intransitive [in and fold.] To involve; to wrap up or enwrap; to inclose. INFOLD his limbs in bands. 1. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banco, let me infold thee, And hold thee to my heart.
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