Wrap /(?)/
Wrap
v. t.
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To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves.
Wrap
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Wrapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrapping
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To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
Then cometh Simon Peter, . . . and seeth . . . the napkin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
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To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up.
I . . . wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor, glide obscure.
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To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.
Wise poets that wrap truth in tales.
Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter.
Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable obscurity.
Phrases & Compounds
- To be wrapped up in
- to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on; to be covered with.
Wrap
n.
- A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.