infold

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The higher self of the individual man infolds more of the consciousness of God than the lower, but lower and higher are the same thing.

From The New Theology by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)

In pictures of the throned Madonna painted expressly for nunneries, the Child is, I believe, always clothed, or the Mother partly infolds him in her own drapery.

From Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

Here is a form of "political power;" here is a "popular principle" that underlies present national prosperity and strength, and infolds a pledge of its certain future abounding expansion.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

It needs a revelation, a vision; a something for the higher nature that breeds and infolds the intellect, to recognize as of its own, and lay hold of by faithful hope.

From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George

He says that it "infolds itself," which suggests a fire of more active nature than Ezekiel would be accustomed to.

From The Four-Faced Visitors of Ezekiel by Orton, Arthur W.