encase
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Origin of encase
Explanation
To encase something is to cover it or close it off, as if you were putting it in a shell, a coating, or a box. Some cheesemakers encase each wheel of cheese in wax. When you're packing your lunch, you might encase a brownie in wax paper, or encase a sandwich in a plastic container. A hug can encase you in warmth and affection, and the dark can even seem to encase you on a moonless night in the country. Encase combines the prefix en-, "make" or "put in," and case, "container" or "receptacle," from the Latin root capsa, "box."
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Encase your choice of filling in folded squares or rounds of puff pastry for riffs on turnovers or empanadas.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2019
Encase, en-kās′, Incase, in-, v.t. to enclose in a case: to surround, cover.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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