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Meaning of INFOLD

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
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