Encage

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 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."

Synonyms

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bottle upcagecheckcloisterconfineconstrain

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"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.

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