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enfolded

enfolded is the simple past and past participle of enfold.

Meaning of enfold

Verb

enfold (third-person singular simple present enfolds, present participle enfolding, simple past and past participle enfolded)

  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.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto V”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    lap, enwrap
  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.1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems

Words formed from enfolded

Questions about enfolded

What is enfolded the simple past and past participle of?
Enfolded is the simple past and past participle of enfold.

Words near enfolded in the dictionary

  1. enflowered
  2. enflowering
  3. enflowers
  4. enflurane
  5. enfold
  6. enfolded
  7. enfoldedly
  8. enfolden
  9. enfolder
  10. enfolders
  11. enfoldest

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