different between envelop vs beswaddle
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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beswaddle
English
Etymology
From be- +? swaddle.
Verb
beswaddle (third-person singular simple present beswaddles, present participle beswaddling, simple past and past participle beswaddled)
- (transitive) To wrap or envelop in swaddling-clothes.
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