v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewrapped ] To wrap up; to cover. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To envelop. See Inwrap. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope. Shuckford. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To wrap up; to conceal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All mote be said and nought excused, nor hid, nor forwrapped. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Written also enwrap. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cover by wrapping; to involve; to infold; as, to inwrap in a cloak, in smoke, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To involve, as in difficulty or perplexity; to perplex. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. shrink-wrapped or shrink"wrapped p. pr. & vb. n. shrink"wrapping or shrink"-wrapping.] to wrap and seal (an object for sale) in a transparent sheet of plastic material that is shrunken to a tight-fitting wrapping by the application of heat. [PJC]

, n. a type of plastic film, usually transparent, that shrinks upon application of heat, and may be used to form a wrapping around objects that fits tightly and closely follows the contours of the wrapped object; -- also called shrink-pack, shrinkpack or shrink-wrapping. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + wrap. ] To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ A corrupt spelling of rap. ] To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wrapped r Wrapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrapping. ] [ OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp. √144. Cf. Warp. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . wrapt in mist
Of midnight vapor, glide obscure. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wise poets that wrap truth in tales. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be wrapped up in, to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on; to be covered with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable obscurity. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of wrapping. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which wraps; envelope; covering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, wraps. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically, a loose outer garment; an article of dress intended to be wrapped round the person; as, a morning wrapper; a gentleman's wrapper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of coarse upper coat, or overcoat, formerly worn. [ 1913 Webster ]