encase

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: en=case

CIDE DICTIONARY

encase, v. t. [Cf. Enchase.].

 To inclose in or as if in a case. See Incase.  Beau. & Fl.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

encase, v.tr. (also incase)
1 put into a case.
2 surround as with a case.

Derivative

encasement n.

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

ROGET THESAURUS

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).