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Definition of Encave
1. v. t. To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess.
Definition of Encave
1. Verb. To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encave
1. to secrete [v ENCAVED, ENCAVING, ENCAVES] - See also: secrete
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encave
Literary usage of Encave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"encave. To hide, as in a cave. ENCENSE. (1) To burn incense. (A.-N.) (2) To
inform, or instruct. North. ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"encave. To hide, as in a cave. And mark the fleers, ... Do but encave yourself,
Compounds with en were almost made at pleasure, while our language was ..."
3. The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the by William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1811)
"Do but encave yourself,3 And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns, ...
Keep your 3 — encave yourself,'] Hide yourself in a private place. ..."
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