encyst
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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“Six months for the projectile to encyst before the knee can be opened safely.”
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
The resulting coupled cell or zygote divides into two, which again encyst.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
The sporont may or may not encyst at the commencement of sporulation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
This parasite may encyst in the wall of the gizzard.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
She has had to encyst it, or it would be to her Senegal and French Guinea possessions a regular main to lay on smuggling.
From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley
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