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Antonyms for encase

Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-keys

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkeɪs

Definition of encase

Origin : 1630s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + case (n.2). Related: Encased; encasing.

As in wrap : verb surround with a covering
As in bind : verb fasten, secure
As in box : verb place in square or rectangular container
As in sheathe : verb envelop
As in infold : verb wrap
As in mew : verb enclose
As in cocoon : verb protect with covering
As in cover : verb wrap, hide
As in enclose : verb put inside, surround
As in enfold : verb embrace, hug
As in frame : verb build

Example sentences :

In 1870 it was customary to encase the sandwiches in pressed sole leather.
Extract from : « Peck's Sunshine » by George W. Peck

Angelo cut a stout cloth to encase each of her feet, and bound them in it.
Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith

They encase it in propolis, which preserves it from putrefaction.
Extract from : « The Insect World » by Louis Figuier

The true method is to encase the building in a network of rods, when it will take its charge quietly like a Leyden jar.
Extract from : « The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 » by Various

Her patient fairly off her hands, Mona seemed to encase herself with a cold reserve, as in a shell.
Extract from : « A Veldt Official » by Bertram Mitford

Dick was building an electric heating unit to encase the entire tube, which could be regulated for any desired temperature.
Extract from : « Wanted--7 Fearless Engineers! » by Warner Van Lorne

They also encase almost the entire body in a wooden and leathern armor.
Extract from : « The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 » by Hubert Howe Bancroft

Dante may build up his great triple universe in his great triple rhyme, and encase it in walls of brass.
Extract from : « Visions and Revisions » by John Cowper Powys

Next estimate the number of thousands of feet board measure of forms required to encase the concrete to be placed in a day.
Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette

Sew up tight, tie up the legs, and encase the body with strong twine, wrapped around to hold the wings to the body.
Extract from : « Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book » by H. J. Clayton

Synonyms for encase

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