encase

• incase

From en- +‎ case.

• IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkeɪs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

encase (third-person singular simple present encases, present participle encasing, simple past and past participle encased)

1. To enclose, as in a case.
   • 1918, Wilhelm Muehlon, The vandal of Europe:

     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.

   • 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 8:

     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.

   • 2024 March 6, Dr Joseph Brennan, “England's booking offices of distinction”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 61:

     And with the story of the booking office, we have a fortune deeply entwined with the stations encasing them.

• Neaces, Seneca, acenes, censae, scenae, scæne, seance, séance