envelop

verb

en-VEL-uhp/ɛnˈvɛləp/

Formsenvelops, enveloping, enveloped

1 meaning of envelop

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verbtransitive
To surround, enclose, or enfold something.
Like mist closing in around a forest until nothing can be seen.
Dark storm clouds began to envelop the mountain peaks.
High stone walls envelop the old town on three sides.
Similarsurround, enclose, engulf, cover, enfold
Oppositeuncover, expose

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Origin

It comes from Middle English envolupen, from Old French envoluper ("to wrap up"), built from en- plus voloper ("to wrap"). This traces back through Vulgar Latin to a Proto-Germanic root meaning "to wrap, roll up," and it is a doublet of enwrap, akin to the English word wrap.