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ENSCONCE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they ensconce ... he / she / it ensconces
Past simple: ensconced
Past participle: ensconced
-ing form: ensconcing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fix firmly
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
