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Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrapped}or {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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