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Enchase vs. Enchafe

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Enchaseverb

To set (a gemstone etc.) into.

Enchafeverb

To make warm, to heat.

Enchaseverb

(figuratively) To be a setting for.

Enchafeverb

To chafe; to enrage; to heat.

Enchaseverb

To decorate with jewels, or with inlaid ornament.

Enchaseverb

To cut or carve, as with a weapon.

Enchaseverb

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.

‘Enchased with a wanton ivy twine.’; ‘An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased,The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced.’;

Enchaseverb

To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case.

‘With golden letters . . . well enchased.’;

Enchaseverb

To delineate or describe, as by writing.

‘All which . . . for to enchase,Him needeth sure a golden pen, I ween.’;

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