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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

enveloped \enveloped\ adj.
   enclosed or surrounded completely; as, the fog-enveloped
   city.
   [WordNet 1.5]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   Envelope

Thesaurus Results for enveloped:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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