cased

Verb (1)

case (third-person singular simple present cases, present participle casing, simple past and past participle cased)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.
   • Casing upon the Matter.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC

Verb (2)

case (third-person singular simple present cases, present participle casing, simple past and past participle cased)

1. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
2. (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
   • The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle.1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC
3. (informal, transitive) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
   • You are in the grounds of Brockholes Abbey, a house into which a great deal of valuable property has just been moved. And your job is to case the joint for a break in.1977, Michael Innes, The Gay Phoenix, →ISBN, page 116

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