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, n. A wrapper; — often used in the plural for blankets, furs,

shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.

Wrap"page (?; 48), n. 1. The act of wrapping.

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