encase

English

Alternative forms

• incase

Etymology

From en- +‎ case.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪs

Verb

1. To enclose, as in a case.
   • 1918, Wilhelm Muehlon, The vandal of Europe:

     They always appeared to me like asses who gladly incase themselves in lions' skins and cheer themselves with the idea that all the world about them consists also of similarly disguised asses.

Translations

to enclose in a case

• Dutch: omhullen (nl)
• Finnish: sulkea sisäänsä, pitää sisällään
• Galician: encerrar (gl)
• German: eingehüllen
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• Ido: enkestigar (io)
• Maori: tūpuni
• Spanish: revestir (es), recubrir (es)

Anagrams

• Neaces, Seneca, acenes, scenae, scæne, seance, séance