Obs. [f. CASE sb.1 12.] a. trans. To put or bring forward as a supposition. b. intr. = To put cases (see CASE sb.1 12).
1647. Ward, Simp. Cobler, 52. Good Casuists would case it, and case it, part it, and part it; now it, and then it, punctually.
1687. R. L’Estrange, Answ. Diss., 21. For this way of Casing a Matter, has the Force of Asserting it. Ibid. (1692), Fables, 245 (J.). They fell presently to Reasoning, and Casing upon the Matter with him, and laying Comfortable Distinctions before him betwixt the Morality, and the Necessity of what was done.
