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Definition of Ensconcing
1. ensconce [v] - See also: ensconce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ensconcing
Literary usage of Ensconcing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laconics, Or The Best Words of the Best Authors: Or the Best Words of the by John Timbs (1856)
"... trifles of terrors; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should
submit ourselves to an unknown fear.—Shakspeare. ..."
2. Spiritual Magazine (1866)
"Hence is it that we make trifles of terrors, ensconcing ourselves into seeming
... This is, indeed, " ensconcing themselves into seeming knowledge," on the ..."
3. The Aldus Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1909)
"rors; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ...
"ensconcing"; sconce being a term of fortification for a chief fortress, ..."
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