enveloping

Verb

envelop (third-person singular simple present envelops, present participle enveloping, simple past and past participle enveloped)

1. (transitive) To surround, enclose or enfold.
   • In the fulness of time there was an eruption of the merry-makers to the sidewalk. The uninvited guests enveloped and permeated them, and upon the night air rose joyous cries, congratulations, laughter and unclassified noises born of McGary's oblations to the hymeneal scene.1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “From the Cabby’s Seat”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, page 165

Verb

envelope (third-person singular simple present envelopes, present participle enveloping, simple past and past participle enveloped)

1. (rare, transitive) To put (something) in an envelope.
   • Arthur Armytage drew the precious document from his bureau; and without trusting himself to a re-perusal, enveloped and re-enveloped—sealed and resealed it;—mounted his horse, and rode off to Greta Castle.1836, [Catherine Gore], chapter VII, in Mrs. Armytage; or, Female Domination. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 109

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