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third-person singular simple present encysts, present participle encysting, simple past and past participle encysted
(transitive) To enclose within a cyst. examples
(intransitive) To be enclosed within a cyst. quotations examples
‘Six months for the projectile to encyst before the knee can be opened safely.’
1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 98