Case

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To propose hypothetical cases.

II. Case ·noun Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.

III. Case ·vt To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.

IV. Case ·noun A small fissure which admits water to the workings.

V. Case ·noun An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.

VI. Case ·noun A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.

VII. Case ·vt To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to Inclose.

VIII. Case ·noun A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.

IX. Case ·noun A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.

X. Case ·noun The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause.

XI. Case ·noun A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.

XII. Case ·noun That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes.

XIII. Case ·noun One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.

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