enwrap

[ en-rap ]

verb (used with object)

, en·wrapped, en·wrap·ping.

1. to wrap or envelop in something.
2. to surround or envelop, as in slumber, longing, etc.
3. to absorb or engross, as in thought.

enwrap

/ ɪnˈræp /

verb

1. to wrap or cover up; envelop
2. usually passive to engross or absorb

   enwrapped in thought

Word History and Origins

Origin of enwrap¹

1350–1400; Middle English enwrappen; en- ¹, wrap

Example Sentences

But even at her most mentally unstable, her violent imagery had always involved large men, in whose bodies she imagined enwrapping herself — never children, she said.

From New York Times

Just a few millimeters long, the device enwraps a tiny section of a single nerve like a cuff, directly cooling it.

From Scientific American

Nasu got so enwrapped in a scene she cried in the theater.

From Washington Times

This is an architecture in which flesh and marble get confused for one another, and bodies become enwrapped in the built environment.

From New York Times

The sweater features plackets of thick, braided, water-wicking yarn, as if a sheep had yielded its entire winter coat to enwrap Evans in comfort.

From The New Yorker