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enveloped

/ɛnˈvɛləpt/ adjective C2
  1. Entwined, as with snakes, laurels, etc.
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He returned in a few seconds enveloped in an ulster and a cravat.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 51 · B2
Behind the door-keeper walked a woman enveloped in a large veil, which completely concealed her.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 873 · C1
His feeble eyes endeavored to distinguish objects, and behind the bandit he saw a man enveloped in a cloak, half lost in the shadow of a stone column.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1087 · C1
Involuntarily his languid eyes closed, and still through his eyelashes a well-known form seemed to move amid the obscurity with which he thought himself enveloped.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1100 · C1

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