encase
verb (used with object)
to enclose in or as in a case.
have encased
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present perfectof encase.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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Decades of rapid urban development have encased the city with impermeable concrete surfaces that hinder the natural drainage of water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
She even added, “I have encased El Cid in a bubble of divine feminine protection. It’s made of lapis lazuli.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2022
Such might be the glove of an exiled Brummel, but could never have encased the squat paw of a Jonah Goodge.
From Birds of Prey by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
