envelop
Verb
Verb Forms: enveloped, enveloping, envelops
- To wrap up, cover, or surround completely.
- enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
- "Fog enveloped the house"
- To surround, enclose or enfold.
Examples
- A cloud of doubt began to envelop his strategy as his opponent played a second bingo.
Origin / Etymology
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 alternative form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vuloppare (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlappaną, *wrappaną (“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 enwrap.
Scrabble Score: 12
envelop: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordenvelop: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
envelop: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary