infold

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She stood looking down on his bowed head with a tenderness that seemed to infold him as with a mantle.

From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha

A great hush brooded around; and yet not so awful was that intense stillness as the solemn calm which seemed to infold the quiet figure sitting so silently in the midst.

From Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life by Beaumont, Grace

O, well for the fortunate soul Which Music’s wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows new and old!

From May-Day and Other Pieces by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

From this it is manifest that this society cannot hope to infold, or at least to organically bind to itself, men whose objects of research are so diverse.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various

Oh! speechless transport! mute let me infold thee!

From The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage by Moses, Montrose Jonas