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enveloped |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: enveloped adj : completely enclosed or swallowed up "a house engulfed in flames"; "the fog-enveloped cliffs"; "a view swallowed by night" [syn: {engulfed}, {swallowed}]
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