单词 | enfold |
释义 | † enfoldn. Obsolete. A convolution (of the brain or intestines). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] rundlec1300 waif1513 enwrapping1543 convolution1545 entrail?a1549 wreath1555 roundness1572 spire1572 rolling1576 enfold1578 infold1578 obvolution1578 gyre1590 whorl1592 enfoldment1593 twine1600 turn1625 volume1646 volution1752 swirl1786 coil1805 swirling1825 convolute1846 whirl1862 enfolding1873 snaking1888 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 71v The intrels..are circunduced into diuers, and many enfoldes, and turnynges. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man viii. 99v The brayne..seemeth to shew many infoldes and turnynges. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). enfoldinfoldv.1 To put into a fold, or within folds. 1. a. transitive. To wrap up, envelop in or with a garment, or a surrounding medium of any kind. Also with the garment, etc. as subject. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium belapc1175 take?a1300 wrapa1382 environa1393 enumberc1400 involvea1420 enfoldc1425 bewrapa1430 mantlec1450 envelop1474 enwrap1545 imply1590 circumvolve1607 circumfuse1608 becloaka1618 swathe1624 gird1645 wrap1656 velope1722 steep1798 bathe1816 cloak1818 impall1852 atmosphere1881 kirtle1888 α. β. c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 8 Many to ynfoldeyn and many with hym to adde.1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vii. 69 Guilded timber [mod. edd. tombs] doe wormes infold . View more context for this quotation1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 175 Even as..the white of the Egge comprehendeth the yolke, so that first intelligible world infoldeth the second.1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 111 The Silke-wormes..infold themselves in a piece of silk thei weave of an ovall forme and yellow color.1647 H. More Philos. Poems iv. xxxvi She in the body was infold, Of this low life.1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xx. 52 Two Membranes..infolding the whole bladder.1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 17 The Pearly Shell [shall] its lucid Globe infold.1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey I. iii. 540 Artist divine, whose skilful hands infold The victim's horn with circumfusile gold.1728 E. Young Love of Fame v, in Wks. (1757) I. 137 Gay rainbow silks her mellow charms infold.1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. ii. 126 Cast o'er The knight your magic mantle, and infold him!1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 192 Seed single..enfolded in the cup. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xvi. 268 The oak is enfolded in the acorn. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. 34 The royal robes in which the body had been enfolded were borne away. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop befolda1000 umbefold14.. foldc1394 umbeclipa1395 involvea1420 overfold?1440 warp1513 overroll1548 encompass1553 invest1578 immantle1585 enrol1590 imply1590 circumvest1599 circumvestite1599 enfold1599 convolve1601 shadow1608 overlapc1612 enwreathe1620 obvele1654 obside1695 integument1883 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > enfold in protective care shadowa1300 brood1571 enfolda1711 fold1826 α. β. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 73 Vnlesse the breath of hartsicke grones, Myst-like infold me from the search of eyes. View more context for this quotation1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Pref. 1 That book, within whose sacred context all wisdome is infolded.1867 G. MacDonald Poems 58 Night infolds the day.1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge Ep. Ded. The kindness..is wont to be enfolded mainly within the rank or stock..of the same. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 319 All Plants..A confluential Loveliness enfold. a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas ii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 29 She lay enfolden In the warm shadow of her loveliness. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxiv. 83 His love enfolded her childish heart with more than mortal tenderness. 2. To encompass, encircle; to clasp, embrace. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] befong971 beclipc1000 begoc1000 belieOE bestandc1000 to go about ——OE umbegangc1200 behema1250 befallc1275 berunc1275 girdc1290 bihalvena1300 umlapa1300 umlaya1300 umlouka1300 umbegoc1300 belayc1320 halsea1340 enclose1340 umbelapa1350 embracec1360 betrendc1374 circlec1374 umbecasta1375 to give about1382 environa1393 umbeclipa1395 compassa1400 encircle?a1400 enourle?a1400 umbegivea1400 umbeseta1400 umbeliec1400 umbetighc1400 enroundc1420 measurec1425 umbsteadc1450 adviron?1473 purprise1481 umbeviron1489 belta1500 girtha1500 overgirda1500 engirt15.. envirea1513 round?a1513 brace1513 umbereach1513 becompass1520 circuea1533 girtc1540 umbsetc1540 circule1553 encompass1555 circulate?a1560 ingyre1568 to do about1571 engird1573 circumdate1578 succinge1578 employ1579 circuate1581 girdle1582 wheel1582 circumgyre1583 enring1589 ringa1592 embail1593 enfold1596 invier1596 stem1596 circumcingle1599 ingert1599 engirdle1602 circulize1603 circumscribe1605 begirt1608 to go round1610 enwheela1616 surround1616 shingle1621 encirculize1624 circumviron1632 beround1643 orba1644 circumference1646 becircle1648 incircuitc1650 circumcinge1657 circumtend1684 besiege1686 cincture1789 zone1795 cravat1814 encincture1820 circumvent1824 begirdle1837 perambulate1863 cordon1891 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. G2v For all the crest a Dragon did enfold With greedie pawes. 1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks ii. 236 She never knew how to enfold The force of Venus swimming all in gold. 1633 P. Fletcher Elisa 119 in Purple Island Her snow-white arms..their now dead lord infold. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 554 His neck with fond embrace infolding fast. 1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 414 While the Muses hang enfolding Knee and foot with faint wild hands. 1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. I. xx. 521 Its people, infolding at one extreme the offspring of colonists from Greece, and at the other, the hardy children of the Northmen. 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 132 [Vines] with lusty stems Their elms infolding. 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 277 Each snake, inclipping them, infolds. a. To imply or necessarily include. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > incorporate or include [verb (transitive)] > implicitly carry1581 implicate1602 to wind upa1616 enwrap1642 enfold1646 involve1646 1646 N. Lockyer Serm. 11 There be many difficulties about the creature, but may be all infolded in one, to wit, sinne. b. To involve or plunge in (disaster). Also reflexive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition > totally or deeply wrap1380 embrake1542 enfold1579 immerge1611 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 250/1 God should infolde vs in one selfe same destruction. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 154 We infold our selues in that fault, which we reprooue in others. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 456 All couetous men..infold themselues in many griefs. c. To involve in obligation, to oblige. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. i. vi. 24 That any thing be, infolds necessarily the will and power of God thereto. 4. a. To put into the shape of a fold or succession of folds; formerly often figurative to render involved or intricate. Also reflexive and intransitive for reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > fold [verb (transitive)] foldc888 lapa1300 plya1393 turna1400 doublec1430 plaitc1430 overfold?1440 plet?a1500 flipe1530 upfold1600 enfold1605 plicate1654 tuck1835–6 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > be or become complicated [verb (intransitive)] enfold1605 complicate1873 complexify1914 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > make complicated [verb (transitive)] entrike?c1425 envolde1451 involve1533 perplex1547 enfold1605 daedalizea1618 fasel1636 interpuzzle1650 puzzle1652 ravel1656 intriguea1677 complicate1832 to twist up1864 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I2v Fitter for a Declamation, then agreeable to a Treatise infolded as this is. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. i. 4 A great cloude, and a fire infoulding itselfe. View more context for this quotation 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion To Rdr. sig. A2 The Verse oft..so infolds, that suddaine conceipt cannot abstract a Forme of the clothed Truth. 1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants xiv. 324 As the rim is infolded. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 950 The cambium layer..becomes deeply infolded where it extends inwards. b. Surgery. To enclose (an ulcer) in a fold of the organ (e.g. the stomach) by stitching together the walls on either side. ΚΠ 1903 Lancet 29 Aug. 592/1 I decided to infold the entire ulcerated area without opening the stomach. Derivatives enˈfolded adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [adjective] > folded together enfolded1617 complicated1660 wrapped1820 interplicated1884 the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [adjective] folden1435 doublea1475 appliedc1500 folded1570 reduplicated1599 redoubled1601 plicated1683 duplicated1741 plicate1760 doubled1860 enfolded1879 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 111 That the infolded wormes may die. 1645 J. Milton Arcades in Poems 54 The celestial Sirens..That sit upon the nine enfolded Sphears. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. v. 92 A semblance as of infolded flame. enˈfoldedly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adverb] sidelings?a1400 covertlyc1400 impliedlyc1449 by implicationa1575 implicatelya1575 implicatively1579 over the shoulder1596 interpretatively1602 implicitly1610 indirectly1613 insinuatively1617 enfoldedly1624 involvedly1624 tacitly1635 tacidly1640 by interpretation1692 adumbratively1753 inexplicitly1776 interpretively1867 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 280 [It] is neither expresly nor infoldedly taught in holy Scripture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). enfoldv.2 rare. To shut up (sheep, etc.) in a fold. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep or wool [verb (transitive)] > fold foldc1440 stuff1567 sheepfold1610 enfold?1611 cot1804 wattle1908 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > drive or put into enclosure parc1300 foldc1440 house1578 pinfold1605 pen1607 enfold?1611 impen?1623 to get in1698 weara1724 yard1758 to run in1837 corral1847 paddock1847 kraal1865 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)] > as in specific place box1551 encagea1586 bung1592 cell1592 oven1596 pew1609 enfold?1611 stya1616 incabinate1672 web1864 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads viii. K vj Then Troians in their wals Had beene infolded like meeke Lambs, had Ioue winkt at their fals. 1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 94 She left the Lovers to enfold her Sheep. 1882 J. Parker Apostolic Life I. 13 Until the last little lamb had been safely enfolded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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