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Verb encase has 1 sense

• encase(v = verb.contact) case, incase - enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"
is one way to close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
Derived form noun encasement₁
Sample sentence:
They encase the goods

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THESAURUS

encase

bag, barrel, basket, bottle, bottle up, box, box in, box up, cabin, can, capsule, carton, case, cask, casket, cloister, closet, coffin, confine, cramp, crate, crib, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encyst, enfold, enshroud, entomb, envelop, enwrap, hamper, immure, invest, jar, lap, pack, package, parcel, pot, sack, sheathe, shroud, smother, straiten, surround, swaddle, swathe, tank, tin, wrap, wrap about, wrap up

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encase

Covering

VB cover, superpose, superimpose, overlay, overspread, wrap, encase, incase, face, case, veneer, pave, paper, tip, cap, bind, bulkhead, bulkhead in, clapboard, coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar, wash, besmear, bedaub, anoint, do over, gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash, parget, lay it on thick, overlie, overarch, endome, conceal, anodize, galvanize.

Circumscription

VB circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose, surround, compass about, imprison, hedge in, wall in, rail in, fence round, fence in, hedge round, picket, corral, enfold, bury, encase, incase, pack up, enshrine, inclasp, wrap up, embay, embosom, containment (inclusion).

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