forwrap

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verb

To wrap up or about; muffle.

OriginMiddle English forwrappen →
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Meanings

verbforwrap (third-person singular simple present forwraps, present participle forwrapping, simple past and past participle forwrapped)

present singular third person forwraps · participle present forwrapping · participle past forwrapped · past forwrapped

  1. archaictransitiveTo wrap up or about; muffle.

    "Why art thou all forwrapped save thy face? Why livest thou so long in so great age?"

    1782, John Bell, Bell's edition
    1 more example

    The great tamburlaine, that reigned not so many years hence, a captain no less bloody than valiant, which also subdued so many countries and provinces, being demanded why he so more than tyrannously used his captives, whereunto he answered, forwrapped [deeply suffused] in choler: [...]

    1994, Vivien Thomas, William Tydeman, Christopher Marlowe

Origin

  1. Middle Englishforwrappen
  2. Englishforwrap

From Middle English forwrappen, equivalent to for- + wrap.

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APA

forwrap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forwrap

MLA

“forwrap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forwrap. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forwrap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forwrap.

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