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   Wrap , v. t. [A corrupt spelling of rap.] To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
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   Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves.
   Beattie.
   
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   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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   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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   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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   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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   Wrap, n. A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.
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