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wrapt

[ rapt ]

/ ræpt /

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verb

a simple past tense and past participle of wrap.

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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wrapt

rapt, wrapped, wrapt

Words nearby wrapt

wrapped up in, wrapper, wrapping, wrapping paper, wrapround, wrapt, wrap-up, wrasse, wrastle, wrath, wrathful

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How to use wrapt in a sentence

But he paid not the least heed to me, and yet I thought that he tried to put me off, as it were, by seeming wrapt in thoughts.
A Prince of Cornwall|Charles W. Whistler
Body greenish herl of Peacock,—ribbed with gold tinsel,—wrapt with red silk,—red hackle over all.
The Teesdale Angler|R Lakeland
After awhile they emerge from the waters, and, wrapt again in their long white veils, they vanish flickering among the trees.
The Science of Fairy Tales|Edwin Sidney Hartland
Here was one wrapt in a strange cloud: why should she not pass through the cloud, and join her fellow-traveller within?
There and Back|George MacDonald

So he stood, wrapt in his meditations and in his ecstasy, by the bridge over the Midland line from Lupton to Birmingham.
The Secret Glory|Arthur Machen