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Definition of Envelops
1. envelop [v] - See also: envelop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Envelops
Literary usage of Envelops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1859)
"ISSUE OF STAMPS AAD envelops. The Post-office Department has issued fur the quarter
... ¡postage stamps and stamped envelops, as follows :— POSTAGE STAMPS. ..."
2. Mathematical Questions and Solutions, from "The Educational Times", with edited by Constance I Marks (1901)
"The diameter of the rolling circle envelops an astroid with the perpendicular
diameters as axes of symmetry. Whence the theorem. 14432. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The shaman by appropriate words and acts uses his power to shield man and envelops
him in a kind of protective armour so that the evil spirits become ..."
4. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1881)
"... enemy's works — Enthusiasm of troops — Grant faces Meade's command eastward
and envelops Petersburg—Rebel army falling back in great confusion—Fighting ..."
5. A Treatise on the Differential Calculus: With Numerous Examples by Isaac Todhunter (1890)
"envelops. 334. SUPPOSE F(x,y,a) = Q (1) to be the equation to a curve, a being
some constant quantity. By changing a into a + h, we obtain another curve of ..."
6. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1882)
"... enemy's works — Enthusiasm of troops — Grant faces Meade's command eastward
and envelops Petersburg—Rebel army falling back in great confusion—Fighting ..."
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