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enwrap

[en-rap]

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verb (used with object), -wrapped, -wrap·ping.

to wrap or envelop in something.

to surround or envelop, as in slumber, longing, etc.

to absorb or engross, as in thought.

Also, inwrap.

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

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enwrap or inwrap (ɪnˈræp)

—vb , -wraps, -wrapping, -wrapped
1.	to wrap or cover up; envelop
2.	(usually passive) to engross or absorb: enwrapped in thought

inwrap or inwrap

—vb

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enwrap

c.1382, from en- "make, put in" + wrap (q.v.).

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