ENSCONCE


Meaning of ENSCONCE in English

[ ɪn'skɒns , ɛn- ]

■ verb (often be ~d in ) establish in a comfortable, safe, or secret place.

Origin

C16 (in the senses 'fortify' and 'shelter within or behind a fortification'): from en- 1 , in- 2 + sconce 2 .

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