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Ensconce   Listen
verb
Ensconce  v. t.  (past & past part. ensconced; past & past part. ensconcing)  To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal. "She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras."






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"Ensconce" Quotes from Famous Books



... pay their vows; when, with one voice, as if the signal word had been given, they began to shout in all parts of the town that they had waited too long: that the vroucolaca ought to be burnt altogether; that after that, they would defy the devil to return and ensconce himself there; that it would be better to have recourse to that extremity than to let the island be deserted. In fact, there were whole families who were packing up in the intention of ...
— The Phantom World - or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. • Augustin Calmet

... that the place was "too jolly beastly slow" for him. The second event was the sudden extraordinary mania that Aunt (did I tell you she was rich?) took for the singing lady. I discovered, much to my chagrin, I must say, that often, instead of going to bed at nine, as I believed she did, she used to ensconce herself in the drawing-room, and there sit and listen to indifferent music till all hours. It was this second event which brought about the third excitement. For having been a little imprudent one night, in the matter of "night-caps," ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, August 30, 1890. • Various



Words linked to "Ensconce" :   settle, set, position, pose, put, lay, place



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