Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To wrap up or about; muffle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To wrap up; to conceal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive, archaic To wrap up or about; muffle.

Etymologies

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

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  • Gaily-colored wrapping paper is for forwrapping holiday gifts.

    December 24, 2011