Webster dictionary was developed by Noah Webster in the beginning of 19th century. On this website, you can find definition for case from the 1913 edition of Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. Define case using one of the most comprehensive free online dictionaries on the web.
1. 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.
3. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.
4. A small fissure which admits water to the workings.
5. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
6. 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.
7. A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. A shallow tray divided into compartments or boxes for holding type.
1. To propose hypothetical cases.