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English Dictionary: encasement by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
encasement
n
  1. the act of enclosing something in a case [syn: encasement, incasement]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Encasement \En*case"ment\, n. [Cf. {Casement}.]
      1. The act of encasing; also, that which encases.
  
      2. (Biol.) An old theory of generation similar to
            embo[icir]tement. See {Ovulist}.
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