Envelop

Pronunciation

• enPR: Ä•n-vÄ•l'É™p, IPA: /É›nˈvÉ›lÉ™p/

Alternative forms

• invelop, invelope obsolete
• envelope

Origin

From Middle English envolupen, from Old French anveloper, envoluper (modern French envelopper), from en- + voloper, vloper ("to wrap, wrap up") (compare Italian -viluppare; Old Italian alternate form goluppare ("to wrap")) from Vulgar Latin *vuloppare ("to wrap"), from Proto-Germanic *wlappanÄ…, *wrappanÄ… ("to wrap, roll up, turn, wind"), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- ("to turn, bend") http://www.wordnik.com/words/envelop. Akin to Middle English wlappen ("to wrap, fold") (Modern English lap ("to wrap, involve, fold")), Middle English wrappen ("to wrap"), Middle Dutch lappen ("to wrap up, embrace"), Danish dialectal vravle ("to wind, twist"), Middle Low German wrempen ("to wrinkle, distort"), Old English wearp ("warp"). Doublet of inwrap.

Full definition of envelop

Verb

1. (transitive) To surround or enclose.
• Schuster Hepaticae V|4(b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
• 2011, December 10, Marc Higginson, Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa, The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.