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Incase

To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.

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Box 76% connected

A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B.…

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Crate 76% connected

A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares.

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Pack 76% connected

A pact.

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Package 76% connected

Act or process of packing.

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Sack 76% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Inclose 76% connected

To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Encasement 74% connected

The act of encasing; also, that which encases.

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Encasement 74% connected

The act of encasing; also, that which encases.

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Case 92% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Encase 92% connected

To inclose as in a case. See Incase.

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Accusative adjective · 78% connection

Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influenc…

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Bark verb · 78% connection

To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.

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Bind verb · 78% connection

To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.

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Cancel verb · 78% connection

To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

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Cap verb · 78% connection

To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part…

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Circle noun · 78% connection

To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.

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Circumscribe verb · 78% connection

To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.

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Compass verb · 78% connection

To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round abo…

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Cone noun · 78% connection

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…

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Corral verb · 78% connection

To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in…

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Embosom verb · 78% connection

To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.

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Empale verb · 78% connection

To inclose; to surround. See Impale.

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Enchase verb · 78% connection

To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn.

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Encircle verb · 78% connection

To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.

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Encompass verb · 78% connection

To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army…

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Envelop verb · 78% connection

To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to env…

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Genitive adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to th…

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Govern verb · 78% connection

To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case);…

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