envahissant, -e, adj., invading, encroaching.
envahissement (-is-mān), n.m., overrunning, invasion, encroachment, usurpation.
envahisseur, n.m., invader. adj., invading, encroaching; silting (of sand).
envaser, v.a., to fill up, to choke with mud.
s’envaser, v.r., (nav.) to stick fast in the mud; to become filled up and choked with mud; to silt up (of sand, etc.).
enveloppe (ān-vlop), n.f., wrapper, cover, covering; envelope; exterior; disguise; (anat.) coat; casing (of cylinders); tunic (of the eye); (fort.) envelope; (mec.) case, casing; (tech.) cage; (metal.) mold. — de voyage, hold-all. Ecrire sous l’— de quelqu’un; to write under another person’s cover.
enveloppé, -e, part., enveloped, surrounded; ambiguous, equivocal; confused; muddled. Être — dans un désastre; to be involved in a misfortune.
enveloppement (ānv-lop-mān), n.m., enveloping, surrounding; wrapping up, envelopment.
envelopper, v.a., to envelop, to wrap up, to cover, to fold up, to do up, to put up; to muffle; to beset, to inclose, to environ, to hem in, to surround; to involve, to implicate; to disguise. — quelque chose de papier; to wrap anything up in paper. — l’ennemi; to hem in the enemy.
s’envelopper, v.r., to cover or wrap one’s self up, to envelop one’s self, to muffle one’s self up; to involve one’s self.