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forwrap

forwrap verb: to wrap up or about; muffle.

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, transitive) To 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
    • 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

Forms of forwrap

third-person singular presentforwraps
present participleforwrapping
past participleforwrapped
pastforwrapped

Origin of forwrap

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

Questions about forwrap

What does forwrap mean?
Forwrap means to wrap up or about; muffle.
What part of speech is forwrap?
Forwrap is a verb.
What is the past tense of forwrap?
The past tense of forwrap is forwrapped.

Words near forwrap in the dictionary

  1. forworth
  2. forwound
  3. forwounded
  4. forwounding
  5. forwounds
  6. forwrap
  7. forwrought
  8. Foryd
  9. foryield
  10. foryielded
  11. foryielding

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