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en⋅chase

  [en-cheys]
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–verb (used with object), -chased, -chas⋅ing.
1. to place (gems) in an ornamental setting.
2. to decorate with inlay, embossing, or engraving.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < MF enchasser to case in, equiv. to en- en- 1 + -chasser, deriv. of chasse case 2

Related forms:
en⋅chas⋅er, noun
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en·chase   (ěn-chās')   
tr.v.   en·chased, en·chas·ing, en·chas·es

  1. To set (a gem, for example).

  2. To set with or as if with gems: enchase a brooch.

  3. To decorate or ornament by inlaying or engraving.


[Middle English, to engrave, from Old French enchasser, to set gems : en-, in; see en-1 + chasse, case (from Latin capsa, box).]
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