Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enveloping"
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) 1.7 (wn)
enveloping
adj 1: concealing by enclosing or wrapping as if in something that
is not solid; "the enveloping darkness"; "hills
concealed by shrouding mists" [syn: {enveloping(a)}, {shrouding(a)}]
2: surrounding and closing in on or hemming in; "the army's
enveloping maneuver" [syn: {enveloping(a)}]
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