Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrappedor Wrapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrapping.]

[OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp. [root]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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)