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

The first thing that is formed is the amnios; the next the chorion; and they enwrap the seed round like a curtain.

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The flaming candlewood licked the resinous logs, and soon the smoke and flames began to enwrap the corpse.

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This phylactery, itself "medicine," may be employed to enwrap other "medicine" and thus augment its own potentiality.

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She did not quibble or seek to enwrap the main issue in specious excuses or apologies for her position.

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Stormclouds enwrap the day, and rainy gloom blots out the sky; out of the clouds bursts fire fast upon fire.

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