wrap



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Wrap \Wrap\, n.
   A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs,
   shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Wrap \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrappedor Wrapt; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Wrapping.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp.
   [root]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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