different between envelop vs encrust

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)

1. (transitive) To surround or enclose.

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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)

1. An envelope, closing paper wrapper as used for mailing

Synonyms

• briefomslag

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: amplop
  • ? Ternate: amflop

Anagrams

• leven op, opleven

English

Alternative forms

• incrust

Etymology

From French incruster, from Latin incrustare, from in- (“in”) + crustare (“to cover with a crust”). See crust.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

encrust (third-person singular simple present encrusts, present participle encrusting, simple past and past participle encrusted)

1. (transitive) To cover with a hard crust.

   iron encrusted with rust

   a doughnut encrusted with sugar

   • And by the frost refin'd the whiter snow, / Incrusted hard.

2. (intransitive) To form a crust.
3. (transitive) To inset or affix decorative materials upon (a surface); to inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.

   The jeweller encrusted the ring with gems.

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