From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
enclosed \enclosed\ adj.
surrounded or closed in, usually on all sides. Opposite of
{unenclosed}. [Narrower terms: {basined}; {capsulate,
capsulated}; {closed, closed in(predicate)}; {coarctate};
{confined, fenced in, penned}; {embedded, fixed}; {embedded,
surrounded}; {encircled}; {enveloped}; {fogbound};
{self-enclosed}; {surrounded, encircled}]
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
enveloped \enveloped\ adj.
enclosed or surrounded completely; as, the fog-enveloped
city.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Envelop \En*vel"op\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enveloped}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Enveloping}.] [OE. envolupen, envolipen, OF.
envoluper, envoleper, F. envelopper; pref. en- (L. in) +
voluper, voleper. See {Develop}.]
To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within
a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround
entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops
a ship.
[1913 Webster]
Nocturnal shades this world envelop. --J. Philips.
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