Meaning of ENVELOP
| Pronunciation: | | en'velup
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| | Definition: | | [v] enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" |
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| | Synonyms: | | enclose, enfold, enwrap, wrap |
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| | See Also: | | bathe, benight, capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulize, cocoon, cover, engulf, enshroud, hide, involve, sheathe, shroud | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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| | Related Terms: | | apparel, array, attire, becloud, bedeck, bedrape, befog, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blanket, blind, blockade, box, bundle up, cage, camouflage, case, cloak, close, clothe, cloud, compass, compass about, conceal, coop, corral, cover, cover up, crate, curtain, deck, dight, disguise, dissemble, distract attention from, drape, dress, dud, eclipse, embay, embosom, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase, encircle, enclasp, enclose, enclothe, encompass, endue, enfold, engulf, enrobe, ensconce, enshroud, enswathe, environ, enwrap, fence, garb, garment, gloss over, go around, go round, guard, habilitate, harass, harry, hedge, hem, hide, immure, invest, involve, keep under cover, lap, lay siege to, mask, muffle up, obfuscate, obscure, occult, pack, package, pen, protect, rag out, raiment, robe, roll, screen, shade, sheathe, shield, shroud, shut in, slur over, smother, soften up, surround, swaddle, swathe, tire, varnish, veil, whitewash, wrap, wrap about, wrap up |
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