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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Ensconce \En*sconce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensconced; imp. &
p. p. Ensconcing.]
To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or
hide securely; to conceal.
[1913 Webster]
She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the
arras. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Ensconce \En*sconce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensconced; imp. &
p. p. 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. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
ensconce
v : fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair" [syn: settle]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
ensconce
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To place in a secure environment.
2 (lb en intransitive) To settle comfortably.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
ensconce
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To place in a secure environment.
2 (lb en intransitive) To settle comfortably.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
ensconce
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To place in a secure environment.
2 (lb en intransitive) To settle comfortably.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
ensconce
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To place in a secure environment.
2 (lb en intransitive) To settle comfortably.
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
ensconce
Engelska vb.
förskansa, positionera
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Ensconce /ɛnskˈɒns/ إحجبFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
ensconce /ɛnskˈɒns/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]usadit se
ensconce /ɛnskˈɒns/ skloniti (se), skloniti seFrom English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
ensconce /ɛnskˈɒns/ 1. yerleştirmek, yataklık etmek 2. yerleşmek, rahat bir şekilde oturmak.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ɪnˈskɑns/
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "ensconce":
anchor, becloud, befog, billet at, bivouac, blanket, blind, burrow,
bury, cache, camouflage, camp, cloak, cloud, colonize,
come to anchor, conceal, cover, cover up, curtain, disguise,
dissemble, distract attention from, ditch, domesticate,
drop anchor, eclipse, enshroud, envelop, establish,
establish residence, fix, gloss over, hide, hive, inhabit, install,
keep house, keep under cover, live at, locate, mask, moor, move,
nest, obfuscate, obscure, occult, park, people, perch, place,
plant, populate, relocate, reside, roost, screen, seat, secrete,
set, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, settle down, shade,
shroud, sit down, situate, slur over, squat, stand, stash, station,
stay at, strike root, take residence at, take root,
take up residence, varnish, veil, whitewash
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]v. 安顿下来,安置,隐藏;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 安顿下来,安置,隐藏