vt :  to cover or surround with folds or a covering < the hernial sac with sutures>  vi  :  to fold inward or toward one another <the neural crests and fuse>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  in·flate   in·va·lid  in·vo·lute 
 
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