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Definition of Enwrap
1. Verb. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. "Fog enveloped the house"
Generic synonyms: Cover
Specialized synonyms: Benight, Tube, Capsulate, Capsule, Capsulise, Capsulize, Engulf, Sheathe, Cocoon, Bathe, Cover, Enshroud, Hide, Shroud
Derivative terms: Enclosing, Enclosure, Enclosure, Enfolding, Envelopment, Wrap
Definition of Enwrap
1. v. t. To envelop. See Inwrap.
Definition of Enwrap
1. Verb. To wrap around, surround; to envelop ¹
2. Verb. To absorb completely or engross ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enwrap
1. to envelop [v -WRAPPED, -WRAPPING, -WRAPS] - See also: envelop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enwrap
Literary usage of Enwrap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Excursions; Or, The Rudiments of Geology for Young Learners by Alexander Winchell (1884)
"How the Strata enwrap the Earth. FIG. 30.—THE SYSTEMS OF STRATA NOT LIKE THIS.
If you cut an onion through the middle in such a direction that the top is on ..."
2. Geological Excursions; Or, The Rudiments of Geology for Young Learners by Alexander Winchell (1884)
"To the Diagrams r How the Strata enwrap the Earth. PIG. 30. ... But this does
not represent the way the different systems of strata enwrap the earth. ..."
3. The Bards of Angus and the Mearns: An Anthology of the Counties by Alan Reid (1897)
"... saw thy turrets glance As hostile to the hostile of thy land : Proud streamed
thy banners o'er thy trusty band, Nor feel deep thought enwrap the soul ? ..."
4. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"enwrap, va En and wrap ; or Lat. rapio, to ravish, transport. ... For if such
holy sung enwrap our fancy long Time will run back, and fetch the age of gold. ..."
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