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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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]: envelop v : enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" [syn: {enfold}, {enwrap}, {wrap}, {enclose}]
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