envelop Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
    wrap; enclose; enfold; enwrap.
    • Fog enveloped the house

WordNet

En*vel"op transitive verb
Etymology
OE. envolupen, envolipen, OF. envoluper, envoleper, F. envelopper; pref. en- (L. in) + voluper, voleper. See Develop.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Enveloped ; present participle & verbal noun Enveloping
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913