"enfold" meaning in English

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      "word": "enfolder"
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      "form": "enfolds",
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          "text": "In words, like weeds, I’ll wrap me o’er,\n⁠Like coarsest clothes against the cold:\n⁠But that large grief which these enfold\nIs given in outline and no more.",
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        "(transitive) To envelop and wrap up something."
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          "roman": "uvivam",
          "sense": "to fold something around, to envelop",
          "word": "увивам"
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          "sense": "to fold something around, to envelop",
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          "text": "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.",
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        "To clasp with the arms; embrace."
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        "(transitive) To clasp with the arms; embrace."
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      "word": "enfolder"
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          "text": "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.",
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      "sense": "to fold something around, to envelop",
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  "word": "enfold"
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