rewrapv.
/ˌriːˈrap/, U.S. /riˈræp/ 1. transitive. To wrap (something) again or differently. Also intransitive.
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1796 J. Strutt Compl. View Dress & Habits People of Eng. I. ii. v. 70 The old mantle was taken away as a precious relique, and the body, with all its other ornaments, was re-wrapped in a mantle of silk.
1824 E. Upham Rameses II. v. 151 Careful piety was attending with fresh byssus linen to rewrap and freshen the ligatures which time had destroyed.
1886 Atlanta Constit. 14 Nov. 11/3 With the explanation that the dampness of his cellar had so injured the wrappings as to render the remedies unsaleable unless rewrapped, and requesting the manufacturer to rewrap.
1958 Times 10 Nov. 13/5 The paper is soiled, and I spend a few minutes tenderly re-wrapping.
2002 D. M. Brown Transformational Preaching iv. xxiv. 384 We took one of the unopened blenders from the basement, rewrapped it in suitable paper, and took it to them.
2. transitive. Computing. To wrap (text) again to fit a new space or format. Also intransitive: (of text) to be wrapped again to fit a new space or format. Cf. wrap v. Additions.
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1987 S. Chernicoff Macintosh Revealed I. v. 216 TEUpdate automatically rewraps the text to the destination rectangle.
1989 Lotus (Nexis) 1 Oct. 87 You will see the lines of text shorten and the text rewrap to fit within the new space.
1991 SunWorld Dec. 91/1 If a user changes the size of a window, the text automatically rewraps to the current window size.
1999 InfoWorld (Nexis) 8 Feb. 60 Opening an e-mail message using the new Automatic Text Format feature makes it easier to view messages because you can straighten quotation marks, rewrap paragraphs,..[etc.].
2006 M. Meadhra Dreamweaver 8 ii. iii. 78 Dreamweaver rewraps the text automatically when you change the size of the document window.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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