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envelop
Envelop is defined as to completely cover, wrap up, conceal or hide.
(verb)An example of envelop is for a mist to completely hide a tree.
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See envelop in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb
- to wrap up; cover completely
- to surround
- to conceal; hide
Origin: ME envolupen < OFr envoluper: see en- & develop
Related Forms:
- envelopment noun
See envelop in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops
- To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: “Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city” (Curtis Wilkie).
- To attack (an enemy's flank).
Origin:
Origin: Middle English envolupen, to be involved in
Origin: , from Old French envoluper, envoloper
Origin: : en-, in; see en-1
Origin: + voloper, to wrap up
.Related Forms:
- en·velˈop·er noun
- en·velˈop·ment noun
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