enwrap

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to wrap around, cover, or envelop completely

   Thick fog seemed to enwrap the harbor before dawn.

2. 2
   verb

   to absorb or engross someone's attention completely

   The strange proof enwrapped him so fully that he forgot the time.

From Middle English enwrappen, formed from en- ('in, within') + wrap. It is related in sense, though not identical in formation, to envelop; the figurative sense treats complete mental absorption as being wrapped around.

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