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to encase
01
to surround or cover something completely with a protective structure
Transitive: to encase a delicate or valuable object in a protective structure
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
encase
3rd person singular
encases
Present participle
encasing
Past simple
encased
Past participle
encased
Examples
The delicate artifact was carefully encased in a glass display for preservation.
Lexical Tree
encase
case
