Wrap

v. t. [imp. & p. p. WRAPPED (less properly WRAPT); p. pr. & vb. n. WRAPPING.] [Probably allied to warp.]

1Sense 1. To wind or fold together.

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.

2Sense 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. Milton.

3Sense 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.” Carew.

To be wrapped in, to be attended by. “Things reflected on in gross and transiently, are thought to be wrapped in impenetrable obscurity.” Locke. — To be wrapped up in, to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on.

Leontine’s young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter. Addison.

(rāp), v. t. [A corrupt spelling of rap, q. v.] To snatch up; to transport.