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ENSCONCE

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they ensconce  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it ensconces  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: ensconced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: ensconced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: ensconcing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fix firmlyplay

Example:

He ensconced himself in the chair

Synonyms:

ensconce; settle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "ensconce" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

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