encase
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have encasedperfect
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has encasedperfect 3rd person singular
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am encasingprogressive 1st person singular
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has been encasingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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are encasingprogressive
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encasingparticiple
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have been encasingperfect progressive
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is encasingprogressive 3rd person singular
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encasessingular 3rd person
Past
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had encasedperfect
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had been encasingperfect progressive
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encasedparticiple
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was encasingprogressive singular
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encasedsimple
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were encasingprogressive plural
Future
Etymology
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."
Vocabulary lists containing encase
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
