Hypertext Webster Gateway: "encase"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Encase \En*case"\, v. t. [Cf. {Enchase}.]
To inclose as in a case. See {Incase}. --Beau. & Fl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
encase
v : enclose in, or as if in, a case "my feet were encased in
mud." [syn: {case}]
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