encase

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

encase
    v 1: enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in
         mud" [syn: {encase}, {incase}, {case}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Encase \En*case"\, v. t. [Cf. {Enchase}.]
   To inclose in or as if in a case. See {Incase}. --Beau. & Fl.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

53 Moby Thesaurus words for "encase":
      bag, barrel, basket, bottle, bottle up, box, box in, box up, cabin,
      can, capsule, carton, case, cask, casket, cloister, closet, coffin,
      confine, cramp, crate, crib, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encyst,
      enfold, enshroud, entomb, envelop, enwrap, hamper, immure, invest,
      jar, lap, pack, package, parcel, pot, sack, sheathe, shroud,
      smother, straiten, surround, swaddle, swathe, tank, tin, wrap,
      wrap about, wrap up