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Encase (verb) means to cover or surround something completely, as if putting it in a case.

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To cover or surround something completely, as if putting it in a case.

"And with the story of the booking office, we have a fortune deeply entwined with the stations encasing them." — Dr Joseph Brennan, England's booking offices of distinction (2024)

"She was a pleasant-looking woman of about forty, with a deep voice, almost manly in its stentorian tones, and had a large sensible square body, with feet to match—these last encased in good thick boots." — Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)

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