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encases

encases is the third-person singular simple present indicative of encase.

Meaning of encase

Verb

encase (third-person singular simple present encases, present participle encasing, simple past and past participle encased)

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

Questions about encases

What is encases the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Encases is the third-person singular simple present indicative of encase.

Words near encases in the dictionary

  1. encased
  2. encasement
  3. encasements
  4. encaser
  5. encasers
  6. encases
  7. encash
  8. encashable
  9. encashed
  10. encashes
  11. encashing

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