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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
enclosed \enclosed\ adjective 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.0.44 [gcide]:
Envelop \En*vel"op\, verb (used with an object) [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.
Nocturnal shades this world envelop. --J. Philips.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
enveloped \enveloped\ adjective enclosed or surrounded completely; as, the fog-enveloped city. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
enveloped
adjective: completely enclosed or swallowed up; "a house engulfed in flames"; "the fog-enveloped cliffs"; "a view swallowed by night" [syn: {engulfed}, {swallowed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "enveloped": armored, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated, compassed, coped, covered, covert, cowled, curtained, eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enclosed, encompassed, enfolded, environed, enwrapped, filmed, floored, hooded, housed, lapped, loricate, loricated, mantled, masked, muffled, obscured, occulted, packaged, paved, roofed-in, screened, scummed, sheathed, shelled, shielded, shrouded, surrounded, swathed, tented, under cover, veiled, walled, walled-in, wrapped, wreathed
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