en·vel·op

(ĕn-vĕl′əp)

tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops

1. To wrap, enclose, or cover: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" (Curtis Wilkie).

2. To surround: The troops enveloped the town.

[Middle English envolupen, to be involved in, from Old French envoluper, envoloper : en-, in; see en-¹ + voloper, to wrap up; perhaps akin to Medieval Latin faluppa, chaff, straw (influenced by Latin volvere, to roll).]

en·vel′op·er n.

en·vel′op·ment n.

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enveloper

(ɪnˈvɛləpə)

a person or thing that envelops

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