Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To enclose in or as if in a case.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See incase, incasement.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To inclose in or as if in a case. See incase.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To enclose, as in a case.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb enclose in, or as if in, a case

Etymologies

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From en- +‎ case.

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  • Just encase.

    December 2, 2008