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Definition of Encage
1. v. t. To confine in a cage; to coop up.
Definition of Encage
1. Verb. To lock inside a cage; to imprison. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encage
1. to confine in a cage [v -CAGED, -CAGING, -CAGES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encage
Literary usage of Encage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1830)
"It is rather in such little sieges and encage- ments as we find recorded in the
history of the Peloponnesian war, that the conduct and abilities of a ..."
2. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"... I encage-ICE-BOUND I ENGAGE. — " I engage to pay " ; VI PROMISE. I HAVE. — V.
HAVE: Now. IOU — V. p. 1009, post. I PROMISE. ..."
3. A Philological Grammar: Grounded Upon English, and Formed from a Comparison by William Barnes (1854)
"Noun-verbs of this form, as encage, ... mean to put or take into the thing under
the noun ; as, encage, ..."
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