enchase

[en-cheys]

verb (used with object)

enchased, enchasing 

1. to place (gems) in an ornamental setting.

2. to decorate with inlay, embossing, or engraving.

enchase

/ ɪnˈtʃeɪs /

verb

1. (tr) a less common word for chase 1

Other Word Forms

• enchaser noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of enchase¹

1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French enchasser to case in, equivalent to en- en- ¹ + -chasser, derivative of chasse case ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of enchase¹

C15: from Old French enchasser to enclose, set, from _en- ¹ + casse _case ²

Example Sentences

Enchase, en-chās′, v.t. to fix in a border: to set with jewels: to engrave: to adorn with raised or embossed work.—p.adj.

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A good lexicon—and those that are put in the hands of pupils are seldom satisfactory—should always in some way restore the word to the natural context, enchase it, so to speak, in the jewel from which it was torn.

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The far immortal face In chosen onyx fine Enchase, Delicate line by line.

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She may turn out to be a pearl of a wife, this young lady whom you are requested to enchase in gold.

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The goldsmith's term chase is for enchase, Fr. enchâsser, "to enchace, or set, in gold, etc."

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Related Words

• chisel 
• embed 
• etch 
• imprint 
• ingrain 
• inscribe