- Encage
- Encage En*cage", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Engaging}.] [Pref. en- + cage: cf. F. encager.] To confine in a cage; to coop up. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Encage
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encagé — encagé, ée (an ka jé, jée) part. passé. Mis en cage. Un chardonneret encagé. • Mais dès le premier jour il semble Que le couple encagé ne s aime plus si fort, LAMOTTE Fabl. IV, 21. Fig. Mis en prison. • Pour ses méfaits dans la geôle… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
encage — index immure Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
encage — [en kāj′] vt. encaged, encaging to shut up in a cage; confine … English World dictionary
encage — Incage In*cage , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incaging}.] [Cf. {Encage}.] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up. [Written also {encage}.] Incaged birds. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
encage — transitive verb Date: 1592 cage 1 … New Collegiate Dictionary
encage — /en kayj /, v.t., encaged, encaging. to confine in or as in a cage; coop up. Also, incage. [1585 95; EN 1 + CAGE] * * * … Universalium
encage — verb To lock inside a cage; to imprison … Wiktionary
encage — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cage, coop up, confine; see imprison … English dictionary for students
encage — en·cage || ɪn keɪdÊ’ v. enclose in a cage; place in a cage … English contemporary dictionary
encage — v. a. [Written also Incage.] Confine, coop, coop up … New dictionary of synonyms
