"encase" meaning in All languages combined

See encase on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪŋˈkeɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encase.wav [UK] Forms: encase [canonical], encases [third-person, singular], encased [past], encased [past, participle], encasing [present, participle]
Etymology: en- + case Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|en|case}} en- + case Head templates: {{verb|encas|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you encase something, you close it in a case.
    Sense id: simple-encase-en-verb-xleWIfJI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with en-
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