wrap
verb (used with object)
to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed byup ).
has wrapt
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present perfectof wrap (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Many a blue wave has wrapt in its icy shroud the child of misfortune who was unable to bear the shame and reproof of her own conscience.
From Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius by A. J. (Augustine J.) O'Reilly
But, mother, now a shade has past, Athwart my brightest visions here, A cloud of darkest gloom has wrapt, The remnant of my brief career!
From The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper
Or where the pining sons of Andamar, When dark eclipse has wrapt the labouring moon, Howl to the demon of the dread monsoon!
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by George Gilfillan
Ossian has wrapt you in a cloud, a fog, a true Scotch mist.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
But the loneliness and longing still press heavily on him when the cloud which has wrapt him from sight parts suddenly asunder, and Dido and Æneas stand face to face.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene
