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envelopment|ɛnˈvɛləpmənt|
[f. envelop v. + -ment; cf. Fr. enveloppement.]
The action of enveloping; the state of being enveloped. concr. That which envelops; a wrapping, covering. Also fig.
1763Tucker Free Will Pref. (R.), It is become difficult to see any sense at all, through their envelopements. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. ii. ii, Reverence..springs forth undying from its mean envelopment of Fear. 1842J. H. Newman Ch. of Fathers 34 Various diseases were cured..by the touch of the holy bodies or their envelopments. 1879Rutley Stud. Rocks x. 160 Microscopic envelopments of quartz have been met with in chabasite. |