Wrapt
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of wrap form-of, obsolete, participle, past
"The piano-forté, at which Marianne, wrapt up in her own music and her own thoughts, had by this time forgotten that any body was in the room besides herself, was luckily so near them that Miss Dashwood now judged, she might safely, under the shelter of its noise, introduce the interesting subject, without any risk of being heard at the card table."
- 1 Misspelling of rapt. alt-of, misspelling
"Lo! where the ſtripling, wrapt in wonder, roves / Beneath the precipice o'erhung with pine; […]"
Example
More examples"The wreathing fires made way. They wrapt the ship in splendour wild, They caught the flag on high, And streamed above the gallant child Like banners in the sky."
Etymology
From rapt, by overuse of ⟨wr⟩. Compare rack/wrack; see usage notes for rack.
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