'To be wrapped up in' definitions:
Definition of 'To be wrapped up in'
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- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up. [1913 Webster]
- I . . . wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor, glide obscure. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by. [1913 Webster]
- Wise poets that wrap truth in tales. --Carew. [1913 Webster]
- To be wrapped up in, to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on; to be covered with. [1913 Webster]
- Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable obscurity. --Locke. [1913 Webster]