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for encase
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Encase \En*case"\, v. t. [Cf. Enchase.]
To inclose in or as if in a case. See Incase. --Beau. & Fl.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
encase
v 1: enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in
mud" [syn: encase, incase, case]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "encase":
bag, barrel, basket, bottle, bottle up, box, box in, box up, cabin,
can, capsule, carton, case, cask, casket, cloister, closet, coffin,
confine, cramp, crate, crib, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encyst,
enfold, enshroud, entomb, envelop, enwrap, hamper, immure, invest,
jar, lap, pack, package, parcel, pot, sack, sheathe, shroud,
smother, straiten, surround, swaddle, swathe, tank, tin, wrap,
wrap about, wrap up
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