Enchase

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To set (a gem, for example).
  • v. To set with or as if with gems: enchase a brooch.
  • v. To decorate or ornament by inlaying or engraving.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To set (a gemstone etc) into.
  • v. To be a setting for.
  • v. To decorate with jewels, or with inlaid ornament.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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.
  • v. To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving.
  • v. To delineate or describe, as by writing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To drive or chase away.
  • To inlay; incrust with precious stones or the like.
  • Hence To incrust or enrich in any manner; adorn by ornamental additions or by ornamental work.
  • To chase, as metal-work. See chase, 1.
  • To inclose or contain as something enchased.
  • Word Usage
    "And how meanly soever we account of their Mill-stones; yet there they drill them, and enchase them in Rings, which afterward they send to the great Soldane, and have whatsoever they will demaund for them."
    Verb Form
    enchased    enchases    enchasing   
    Cross Reference
    set    variegated   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    chase