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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wrap
       n 1: cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person [syn: {wrapper}]
       2: a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft
          tortilla
       3: the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which
          something is wrapped [syn: {wrapping}, {wrapper}]
       v 1: arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby
            before taking her out"; "Wrap the present" [syn: {wrap
            up}] [ant: {unwrap}]
       2: wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger";
          "Twine the thread around the spool" [syn: {wind}, {roll},
          {twine}] [ant: {unwind}]
       3: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering;
          "Fog enveloped the house" [syn: {envelop}, {enfold}, {enwrap},
           {enclose}]
       [also: {wrapping}, {wrapped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wrapped
       adj 1: covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak;
              "leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam
              draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks" [syn: {cloaked},
               {clothed}, {draped}, {mantled}]
       2: wholly absorbed as in thought; "deep in thought"; "that
          engrossed look or rapt delight"; "the book had her totally
          engrossed"; "enwrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this
          fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de
          la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" [syn: {absorbed},
           {engrossed}, {enwrapped}, {intent}, {rapt}]
       3: enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like; "gaily
          wrapped gifts" [ant: {unwrapped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wrapped
       See {wrap}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "wrapped":
     absorbed, armored, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated,
     compassed, coped, covered, covert, cowled, curtained, deep,
     eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enclosed, encompassed,
     enfolded, engaged, engrossed, enveloped, environed, enwrapped,
     filmed, floored, hooded, housed, immersed, lapped, loricate,
     loricated, mantled, masked, muffled, obscured, occulted, packaged,
     paved, preoccupied, rapt, roofed-in, screened, scummed, sheathed,
     shelled, shielded, shrouded, surrounded, swathed, tented,
     under cover, veiled, walled, walled-in, wrapped up, wreathed
  
  

















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