wrap \wrap\, v. t. imp.  p. p. wrappedor wrapt; p. pr. 
   vb. n. wrapping. oe. wrappen, probably akin to e. warp.
   root144. 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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see also:
wrapped wrapt wrapping warp to be wrapped up in