Envelop vs. Envelope · distinguish their meanings and uses

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Your new ahaEnvelop is a verb meaning to surround completely while envelope is a paper container for letters

Envelop, stressed on its second syllable, means to surround, while envelope names the paper mail container. Source: Wiktionary: envelop ↗

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