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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/
  إحجب

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ensconce /ɛnskˈɒns/ 
  usadit se

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  ensconce /ɛnskˈɒns/
  skloniti (se), skloniti se

From 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 ]

  

/ɪnˈskɑns/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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

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