encase
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
/ɪŋˈkeɪs/
Definition of encase
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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To enclose, as in a case.
“They always appeared to me like asses who gladly incase themselves in lions' skins and cheer themselves with the idea that all the world about them consists also of similarly disguised asses.”
“She was a pleasant-looking woman of about forty, with a deep voice, almost manly in its stentorian tones, and had a large sensible square body, with feet to match—these last encased in good thick boots.”
“And with the story of the booking office, we have a fortune deeply entwined with the stations encasing them.”
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Etymology
From en- + case.
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