encrust
verb (used with object)
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
had encrusted
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past perfectof encrust.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Next Munch ditched the literary symbolism of the '90s which had encrusted his early works.
From Time Magazine Archive
Legend had encrusted "Old Mac's" career; few knew the man himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
The little hydraulic fall being of sea-water, saline deposits had encrusted the joints of the apparatus, and prevented its free action.
From Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo
No doubt, he told himself, a readjustment was needed—visions and fancies had encrusted themselves so quickly round the religion credible by a practical man that a scouring was called for.
From The King's Achievement by Robert Hugh Benson
Ursus had cultivated in him feats of dexterity, and had encrusted him as much as possible with all he himself possessed of science and wisdom.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
