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Wrap

v. t.
  1. To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
    Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves.
    — Beattie.

Wrap

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Wrapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrapping

  1. 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.
    — John xx. 6, 7.
    Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  1. A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.