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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENVEL'OP, v.t.
1. To cover by wrapping of folding; to inwrap; to invest with a covering. Animal bodies are usually enveloped with skin; the merchant envelops goods with canvas; a letter is enveloped with paper.
2. To surround entirely; to cover on all sides; to hide. A ship was enveloped in fog; the troops were enveloped in dust.
3. To line; to cover on the inside.
His iron coat--enveloped with gold.
ENVEL'OP, n. A wrapper; an inclosing cover; an integument; as the envelop of a letter, or of the heart.
1. In fortification, a work of earth, in form of a parapet or of a small rampart with a parapet.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English envolupen, from Anglo-French envoluper, envoleper, from en- + voluper to wrap Date: 14th century 1. to enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering 2. to mount an attack on (an enemy's flank) • envelopment noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (enveloped, enveloping) 1 (often foll. by in) a wrap up or cover completely. b make obscure; conceal (was enveloped in mystery). 2 Mil. completely surround (an enemy). Derivatives: envelopment n. Etymology: ME f. OF envoluper (as EN-(1): cf. DEVELOP)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Envelope En"vel*ope (?; 277), Envelop En*vel"op (?; 277), n. [F. enveloppe.] 1. That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter. 2. (Astron.) The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also coma. 3. (Fort.) A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it. --Wilhelm. 4. (Geom.) A curve or surface which is tangent to each member of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Envelop 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(envelops, enveloping, enveloped) If one thing envelops another, it covers or surrounds it completely. That lovely, rich fragrant smell of the forest enveloped us... ...an enveloping sense of well-being. VERB: V n, V-ing

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Enfold, inwrap, wrap, fold, wrap up, put a wrapper about. 2. Surround, encircle, encompass, enfold, fold, cover, hide. II. n. See envelope.

Moby Thesaurus

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