Wrap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrapped (?) or Wrapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrapping.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp. √144. Cf. Warp.]
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1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
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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. John xx. 6, 7.
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Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant.
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2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up.
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I . . . wrapt in mist
Of midnight vapor, glide obscure. Milton.
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3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.
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Wise poets that wrap truth in tales. Carew.
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To be wrapped up in, to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on; to be covered with.
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Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter. Addison.
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Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable obscurity. Locke.
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