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Definitions for: Envelop
[v] enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"
Webster (1913) Definition: En*vel"op, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enveloped; p. pr. &
vb. n. Enveloping.] [OE. envolupen, envolipen, OF.
envoluper, envoleper, F. envelopper; pref. en- (L. in) +
voluper, voleper. See Develop.]
To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within
a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround
entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops
a ship.
Nocturnal shades this world envelop. --J. Philips.
Synonyms: enclose, enfold, enwrap, wrap
See Also: bathe, benight, capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulize, cocoon, cover, engulf, enshroud, hide, involve, sheathe, shroud
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