bewrap, v.
(bɪˈræp)
Also in 3 biwrabbe.
[ME. f. be- 1 + wrap v.]
1. trans. To wrap up, clothe, cover, envelop.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 260 Heo leiden hine up on heih in one crecche, mid clutes biwrabled [C. biwrabbet]. c 1350 Will. Palerne 1735 Alisaundrine..in þat oþer bereskyn bewrapped William. 1491 Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W.) ii. (1495) 230 b/1 Why he had bewrapped her handes in his mauntell. 1578 Banister Hist. Man v. 65 The nature of fleshes, which so plentifully bewrapped the frame of man. 1609 J. Davies Holy Roode (1875) 17 Loe, a Wreath of Thornes bewraps thy Browes. |
2. fig. a. To envelop, involve, clothe. b. To cover up, conceal.
| a 1430 Wyclif Job. xviii. 11 (MS. S), Dredis..schulen bewrappe [1388 biwlappe] hise feet. 1481 Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 71 He can bywrappe and couere his falshede. 1596 J. Norden Progr. Pietie (1847) 54 Our corruptions..have bewrapped us in bondage to sin. |