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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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Adj.1.enveloping - surrounding and closing in on or hemming in; "the army's enveloping maneuver"
close - at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships"

enveloping

adjective enclosing, surrounding, concealing, encompassing, shrouding, encircling, all-embracing, enfolding Astronomers are unable to see the planet's surface because of the enveloping clouds.
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enveloping

[ɪnˈveləpɪŋ] ADJ [movement] → envolvente

enveloping

adj → alles umhüllend; the all-enveloping fog → die dichte Nebelhülle
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Now, however preposterous it may at first seem to talk of any creature's skin as being of that sort of consistence and thickness, yet in point of fact these are no arguments against such a presumption; because you cannot raise any other dense enveloping layer from the whale's body but that same blubber; and the outermost enveloping layer of any animal, if reasonably dense, what can that be but the skin?
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During the entire incident his shouts and curses were heard, as if through an enveloping uproar of such sounds of rage and fury as I had never heard from the throat of man or brute!
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Contract notice:Editing, enveloping and sending of receipt, regularization of charges and various raises.
Editing, Enveloping And Sending Of Receipt, Regularization Of Charges And Various Raises
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How to pinpoint bearing failure at an early stage: envelope signal processing is a relatively new technique used to pinpoint bearing failure at an early stage. This relatively unknown technique can minimise the risk of machine damage and failure
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Overlooked by neighbours, the introduction of light through vertical incisions avoided the need to break up the roofscape, thereby allowing it to be read internally and externally as a unified enveloping surface.
Between the lines: With his latest public library, Josep Llinas gives form to his detailed reading of central Barcelona's intricate city grain

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