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Envelop (with stress on the second syllable) is the form for the verb, meaning 'to wrap up, surround, etc.', and it inflects envelops, enveloped, enveloping. Envelope (with stress on the first syllable, now normally pronounced en- rather than on-) is the form for the noun, meaning 'a container for a letter, etc.'.

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verb

1. To cover completely and closely, as with clothing or bandages: enfold, enwrap, infold, invest, roll, swaddle, swathe, wrap, wrap up. See put on/take off.
2. To surround and cover completely so as to obscure: cloak, clothe, enfold, enshroud, enwrap, infold, invest, shroud, veil, wrap. See show/hide.
3. To surround and advance upon: besiege, close in, enclose, hedge, hem. See open/close.

v

Definition: encase, hide
Antonyms: free, let go, let loose, open, release, uncover, unwrap

(DOD, NATO) An offensive maneuver in which the main attacking force passes around or over the enemy's principal defensive positions to secure objectives to the enemy's rear. See also turning movement.

IN BRIEF: To enclose completely.

White pages of rain envelop the sky, and fishing boats off the Island of the Emperor Chin disappear on the ocean. — Mao Tse-tung (1893-1976).

Tutor's tip: The postal "envelope" (a wrapper, a covering) was not big enough to "envelop" (to wrap up; to cover completely) the catalogs for mailing.

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For a list of words related to enveloping, see:

• Relative Positions - enveloping: (adj) completely enclosing

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - indsvøbe, skjule, pakke ind, omringe, indkredse, lægge i konvolut
n. - kuvert , konvolut, hylster

Nederlands (Dutch)
omhullen, aanvallen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit, fig) envelopper
n. - (Biol, Bot) enveloppe, tunique, (Math) enveloppe, enveloppe (d'une lettre, d'une montgolfière)

Deutsch (German)
v. - einhüllen
n. - Hülle, Briefumschlag

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - περιβάλλω, (περι)τυλίγω, (περι)καλύπτω, σκεπάζω, περιτύλιξη
n. - περιτύλιξη

Italiano (Italian)
avviluppare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - embrulhar, cobrir, cercar (Mil.)
n. - envelope (m)

Русский (Russian)
обертывать, окутывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - envolver
n. - sobre, envoltura, revestimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - svepa
n. - insvepande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
包封, 包围, 遮盖

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 包封, 包圍, 遮蓋

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 싸다, 봉하다, 포위하다, 감추다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 包む, 覆い隠す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلف, يغلف (الاسم) ظرف, غلاف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עטף‬

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