Enclose in, or as if in, a case.

synonyms: case, encase.

Roget 223: cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap etc. 225; encase, incase^†; face, case, veneer, pave, paper; tip, cap, bind; bulkhead, bulkhead in; clapboard [U.S.].    coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar; wash; besmear, bedaub; anoint, do over; gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker^†, enamel, whitewash; parget^†; lay it on thick.    overlie, overarch^†; endome^†; conceal etc. 528.    [of aluminum] anodize.    [of steel] galvanize.    ... show more

Roget 229: circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose; surround etc. 227; compass about; imprison etc. (restrain) 751; hedge in, wall in, rail in; fence round, fence in, hedge round; picket; corral.    enfold, bury, encase, incase^†, pack up, enshrine, inclasp^†; wrap up etc. (invest) 225; embay^†, embosom^†.    containment (inclusion) 76.    ... show more

Dutch: in geval