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envelop

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English

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Alternative forms

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invelop,invelope(obsolete)
envelope(archaic)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishenvolupen, fromOld Frenchanveloper,envoluper (modern Frenchenvelopper), fromen- +voloper,vloper(“to wrap, wrap up”) (compareItalian-viluppare;Old Italian alternative formgoluppare(“to wrap”)) fromVulgar Latin*vuloppare(“to wrap”), fromProto-Germanic*wlappaną,*wrappaną(“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), fromProto-Indo-European*werb-(“to turn, bend”)[1]. Akin toMiddle Englishwlappen(“to wrap, fold”) (Modern Englishlap(“to wrap, involve, fold”)), Middle Englishwrappen(“to wrap”),Middle Dutchlappen(“to wrap up, embrace”),Danish dialectalvravle(“to wind, twist”),Middle Low Germanwrempen(“to wrinkle, distort”), Old Englishwearp(“warp”). Doublet ofenwrap.

Pronunciation

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enPR:ĕn-vĕlʹəp,IPA^(key):/ɛnˈvɛləp/
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Verb

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envelop (third-person singular simple presentenvelops,present participleenveloping,simple past and past participleenveloped)

(transitive) Tosurround,enclose or enfold.
- 1906 April,O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “From the Cabby’s Seat”, inThe Four Million, New York, N.Y.:McClure, Phillips & Co,→OCLC,page165:
  In the fulness of time there was an eruption of the merry-makers to the sidewalk. The uninvited guestsenveloped and permeated them, and upon the night air rose joyous cries, congratulations, laughter and unclassified noises born of McGary's oblations to the hymeneal scene.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster,The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.:Field Museum of Natural History,→ISBN, page 4:
  (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyteenveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
- 2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, inBBC Sport‎^[2]:
  The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidationenveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.
- 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, inRAIL, number970, page52:
  Then we trundle along a railwayenveloped in trees for much of its route, before the river widens, allowing unobstructed views as the line hugs one bank before arriving at Looe, where the single platform is just long enough to fit a two-car Class 150.