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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Infold  \In*fold"\  (?n-f?ld"),  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  infolding 
  n  :  the  folding  in  of  an  outer  layer  so  as  to  form  a  pocket  in 
  the  surface  [syn:  {invagination},  {intussusception}] 




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