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obvolve, v. rare.|əbˈvɒlv|
[f. L. obvolvĕre to wrap round, f. ob- (ob- 1 c) + volvĕre to roll.]
1. trans. To wrap round, muffle up; to disguise.
1623Cockeram, Obuolue, to fold round about. 1635Heywood Hierarch. viii. 497 The doubtfull Oracles..all things obvolved leaue. 1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋288 Obvolved with an alien and feavorish odour. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 116 Pill masse..must be obvolved in fine leather.
†2. To cause to roll round or revolve. Obs.
1649Bulwer Pathomyot. ii. v. 176 His [the Muscle's] Chords..with a kind of circular motion obvolve or roll the Eye to the greater Angle.
Hence obˈvolving ppl. a., wrapping round; spec. in Entom. (see quots.).
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 328 Prothorax..Obvolving, when there are neither ora nor suture to separate it from the antepectus. Ibid. 334 Elytra..Obvolving, when their epipleuræ cover a considerable portion of the sides of the alitrunk. |