envelop
4 synonyms for envelop, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To cover something completely, on every side.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Came into English via Middle English envolupen, from Old French anveloper, envoluper (modern French envelopper), formed from en- and voloper, vloper ("to wrap, wrap up") — compare Italian -viluppare, and the Old Italian alternative form goluppare ("to wrap") — from Vulgar Latin *vuloppare ("to wrap"), from Proto-German...
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