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Webster 1913 Edition

Wrap

Wrap

,
Verb.
T.
[A corrupt spelling of
rap
.]
To snatch up; transport; – chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
Lo! where the stripling,
wrapt
in wonder, roves.
Beattie.

Wrap

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wrapped
or
Wrapt
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Wrapping
.]
[OE.
wrappen
, probably akin to E.
warp
. √144. Cf.
Warp
.]
1.
To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
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.
Like one that
wraps
the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Bryant.
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.
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 up in
,
to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on; to be covered with.
Leontine’s young wife,
in
whom all his happiness was
wrapped up
, died in a few days after the death of her daughter.
Addison.
Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought
to be wrapped up in
impenetrable obscurity.
Locke.

Wrap

,
Noun.
A wrapper; – often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wrap

WRAP

,
Verb.
T.
pret. and pp. wrapped or wrapt.
1.
To wind or fold together. John 20.
2.
To involve; to cover by winding something round; often with up; as, to wrap up a child in its blanket; wrap the body well with flannel in winter.
I, wrapt in mist of midnight vapor, glide obscure.
3.
To involve; to hide; as truth wrapt in tales.
4.
To comprise; to contain.
Leontines young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter.
5.
To involve totally.
Things reflected on in gross and transiently, are thought to be wrapped in impenetrable obscurity.
6.
To inclose.
7.
To snatch up; to transport. This is an error. It ought to be rapt. [See Rap and Rapt.]

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