Definition of case

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Case (v. t.) To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose..

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Bronchophony :: Bronchophony (n.) A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease..
Caseharden :: Caseharden (v. t.) To subject to a process which converts the surface of iron into steel.
Nominative :: Nominative (a.) Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
Lorica :: Lorica (n.) The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer.
Circumcise :: Circumcise (v. t.) To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females..
Pleuroperitoneum :: Pleuroperitoneum (n.) The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum; -- used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided..
Theca :: Theca (n.) A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord..
Hara-kiri :: Hara-kiri (n.) Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari..
Carcase :: Carcase (n.) See Carcass.
Guaranty :: Guaranty (n.) In law and common usage: To undertake or engage that another person shall perform (what he has stipulated); to undertake to be answerable for (the debt or default of another); to engage to answer for the performance of (some promise or duty by another) in case of a failure by the latter to perform; to undertake to secure (something) to another, as in the case of a contingency. See Guarantee, v. t..
Bunk :: Bunk (n.) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night..
Tolerance :: Tolerance (n.) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.
Apply :: Apply (v. i.) To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case..
Distribution :: Distribution (n.) The sorting of types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.
Enterotomy :: Enterotomy (n.) Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia..
Poikilocyte :: Poikilocyte (n.) An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anaemia, probably a degenerated red blood corpuscle..
You :: You (dat. & obj.) The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law..
History :: History (n.) A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill..
Casus :: Casus (n.) An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under Accident.
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