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envelop

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en·vel·op  (n-vlp)
tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops
1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" Curtis Wilkie.
2. To attack (an enemy's flank).

[Middle English envolupen, to be involved in, from Old French envoluper, envoloper : en-, in; see en-1 + voloper, to wrap up.]

en·velop·er n.
en·velop·ment n.

envelop
Verb
to cover, surround, or enclose [Old French envoluper]
envelopment n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.envelop - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"
cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
benight - envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area"
tube - place or enclose in a tube
capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulize - enclose in a capsule
engulf - flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely"
sheathe - enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword"
cocoon - wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection
bathe - suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight"
enshroud, shroud, hide, cover - cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"

envelop
Translations

envelop [ɪnˈvɛləp] vtenvolver
envelop [ɪnˈvɛləp] vtenvelopper
envelop [ɪnˈvɛləp] vteinhüllen
envelop [ɪnˈvɛləp] vtavvolgere, avviluppare

envelop
v envelop [inˈveləp]
to cover by wrapping; to surround completely She enveloped herself in a long cloak.omhulيُغَطّي، يَلُفопаковамzahalit (se)indhylle; omslutteeinhüllenτυλίγωenvolver(sisse) mähkimaپوشاندن؛ پنهان کردنkääriäenvelopperלַעֲטוֹףलपेटनाumotati, okružitibeburkolmembungkussveipa, umvefjaavvolgere包む싸넣다apgobti, apvyniotiietīt; apņemtmembalutiomhullensvøpe/pakke/hylle innowinąćenvolver(-se)a (se) înveliзавёртыватьzahaliť (sa)zavitizamotatisvepa inหุ้มห่อsarmak, örtmek包,裹,封обгортати; обкутуватиپوری طرح سے لپیٹ دیناbao bọc,封

envelop , without an -e , is a verb.

envelope , with an -e is a noun.


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If there ever should be a doubt on this head, the credit of it will be entirely due to those reasoners who, in the imprudent zeal of their animosity to the plan of the convention, have labored to envelop it in a cloud calculated to obscure the plainest and simplest truths.
When I look back, it seems to me as if this almost miraculous change of inclination and will was the immediate suggestion of the guardian angel of my life --the last effort made by the spirit of preservation to avert the storm that was even then hanging in the stars and ready to envelop me.
Our voices rang around him joyously in the still air, and above his head the sky, pellucid, pure, stainless, arched its tender blue from shore to shore and over the bay, as if to envelop the water, the earth, and the man in the caress of its light.
 
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