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envelop
English
Alternative forms
- invelop, invelope (obsolete)
- envelope (archaic)
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 alternate form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vuloppare (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlappan?, *wrappan? (“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”) [1]. 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.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?n-v?l??p, IPA(key): /?n?v?l?p/
Verb
envelop (third-person singular simple present envelops, present participle enveloping, simple past and past participle enveloped)
- (transitive) To surround or enclose.
Translations
See also
- envelope
Dutch
Alternative forms
- enveloppe
Etymology
Borrowed from French enveloppe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.v??l?p/, /??n.v??l?p/
- Hyphenation: en?ve?lop
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
envelop f (plural enveloppen, diminutive envelopje n)
- An envelope, closing paper wrapper as used for mailing
Synonyms
- briefomslag
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: amplop
- ? Ternate: amflop
Anagrams
- leven op, opleven
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befold
English
Etymology
From Middle English bifealden, bevealden, from Old English befealdan (“to fold, roll up, envelop, clasp, surround, involve, cover, attach”), equivalent to be- (“around, about”) +? fold. Cognate with Old High German bifaltan (“to envelop”).
Verb
befold (third-person singular simple present befolds, present participle befolding, simple past befolded or (obsolete) befeld, past participle befolded or (obsolete) befolden)
- (transitive) To fold up; fold around; wrap up; envelop.
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