ob-volvō vī, ūtus, ere, to wrap round, envelop, muffle up, cover over, enfold: obvolvendum caput esse: capitibus obvolutis, muffled, L.: os obvolutum folliculo: fax obvoluta sanguine, covered, Enn. ap. C.

—Fig., of language, to cover, veil: verbis decoris vitium, H.