incase

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: in=case

CIDE DICTIONARY

incase, v. t. [F. encaisser; pref. en- (L. in) + caisse case. See Case a box, and cf. Encase, Enchase.].

 To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.  [1913 Webster]
"Rich plates of gold the folding doors incase."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

incase, var. of ENCASE.

ROGET THESAURUS

incase

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).