encrust
verb (used with object)
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
has encrusted
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present perfectof encrust (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And in the 241 years since the bank was founded, tradition has encrusted the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street with powers over British banking that would turn a New Dealer bright green with envy.
From Time Magazine Archive
But over a perfectly pure expanse of night-fallen snow, when unaffected by the gentle sun, the first fine frost has encrusted it with small sparkling diamonds, the prevalent emotion is Joy.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
