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/enˈveləp/,
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enveloped, past participle; envelops, 3rd person singular present; enveloping, present participle; enveloped, past tense;
  1. Wrap up, cover, or surround completely
    • - a figure enveloped in a black cloak
    • - a feeling of despair enveloped him
  2. Make obscure; conceal

  3. (of troops) Surround (an enemy force)

  1. enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"
  2. enveloping(a): surrounding and closing in on or hemming in; "the army's enveloping maneuver"
  3. Envelopment is the military tactic of surrounding an enemy in the field so that they are isolated in a pocket. The friendly forces can choose to attack the pocket or invest it (to stop supplies getting and to prevent breakouts) and wait for a beleaguered enemy to surrender.
  4. To surround or enclose
  5. (Enveloped) Applied to charges around which serpents are entwined. Also used in the case of laurel or other plants.
  6. (Enveloping) an EDI management software function that groups all documents of the same type, or functioal group, and bound for the same destination into an electronic envelope. ...
  7. (Enveloping) This is when, on a bar chart, the current session makes a higher high and a lower low than the previous session - it is said to be enveloping the previous session. ...
  8. An enveloped being is surrounded by a formless matter, similar to an aura, which can be interpreted through color, light, and tone to indicate the personality of the surrounded object.