infold

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In good sooth our late queen did infold them all together.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy

A mad love, indeed; she went nearer to the gleaming waters; they seemed to rise and infold her; the water-lilies seemed to hold her up.

From A Mad Love by Brame, Charlotte M.

That is— Oh! lest my son should suffer cold, Him in his father’s coat infold, Lest cold should seize my darling fair, For her, her mother’s robe prepare.

From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Owen, Elias

A sprightly courser, fairer than the rest, The king himself presents his royal guest: A lion's hide his back and limbs infold, Precious with studded work, and paws of gold.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

Dear heart, we could not hold him; Yet secretly your arms and mine infold him— ��Our little child who does not go away.

From The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Van Dyke, Henry