Part 3840

<h1>Enveigle</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*vei"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To entice. See <er>Inveigle</er>.</def>

<h1>Envelop</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*vel"op</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enveloped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enveloping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>envolupen</ets>, <ets>envolipen</ets>, OF. <ets>envoluper</ets>, <ets>envoleper</ets>, F. <ets>envelopper</ets>; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>voluper</ets>, <ets>voleper</ets>. See <er>Develop</er>.]</ety> <def>To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; <as>as, to <ex>envelop</ex> goods or a letter; the fog <ex>envelops</ex> a ship.</as></def>

<blockquote>Nocturnal shades this world <b>envelop</b>. <i>J. Philips.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Envelope; 277, Envelop</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw><hw>En"vel*ope</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <hw>En*vel"op</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>enveloppe</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also <altname>coma</altname>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it.</def>

<i>Wilhelm.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A curve or surface which is tangent to each member of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the <i>envelope</i> of its tangents.</def>

<-- 4. A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphorically to refer to capabilities of any system in general, including human organizations, esp. in the phrase <col>push the envelope</col>. It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine.

<col>push the envelope</col> Increase the capability of some type of machine or system; -- usu. by technological development.

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<h1>Envelopment</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*vel"op*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>enveloppement</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.</def>

<h1>Envenime</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*ven"ime</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To envenom.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Envenom</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*ven"om</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Envenomed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Envenoming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>envenimen</ets>, F. <ets>envenimer</ets>; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + F. <ets>venin</ets> poison. See <er>Venom</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; <as>as, <ex>envenomed</ex> meat, wine, or arrow</as>; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom.</def>

<blockquote>Alcides . . . felt the <b>envenomed</b> robe. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>O, what a world is this, when what is comely <b>Envenoms</b> him that bears it! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>envenomed</b> tongue of calumny. <i>Smollett.</i></blockquote>