English Explanatory Dictionary

befold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To fold up; fold around; wrap up; envelop.

Word forms

befold befolds befolding befolded befeld befolden

Etymology

From Middle English bifealden, bevealden, from Old English befealdan (“to fold, roll up, envelop, clasp, surround, involve, cover, attach”), equivalent to be- (“around, about”) + fold. Cognate with Old High German bifaltan (“to envelop”).

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