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Encysted

//ɛnˈsɪstɪd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Contained in a cyst. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Enclosed in a sac, or invested with a coating when in a non-motile state, like some unicellular plants. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Embedded, enclosed. figuratively, not-comparable

    "This group included many who had been deeply encysted within the corporative fabric of the Bourbon polity – plus many for whom the chips did not fall well."

Adjective
  1. 1
    enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of encyst form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From encyst + -ed.

Etymology 2

From encyst + -ed.

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