Encage
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To lock inside a cage; to imprison.
"Bruce's daughter, Marjory, and his sister Mary, were likewise to be encaged, the former in the Tower of London, the latter in Roxburghe Castle."
Example
More examples"Bruce's daughter, Marjory, and his sister Mary, were likewise to be encaged, the former in the Tower of London, the latter in Roxburghe Castle."
Etymology
From en- + cage.