encage
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of encage
Example Sentences
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She vanted me to encage her a year ago, but I vouldn't do it.
From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870 by Various
Note.—en in most words is the equivalent of the Latin in, meaning in, into, within; as in encage, encase, encircle, enclose, encourage, enrage, enroll, entangle, entice, entomb, entrap, entwine, envelop, enwrap. foli = leaf.
From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Elmer W. Cavins
The nightingale is universally admitted to be the most enchanting of warblers; and many might be tempted to encage the mellifluous songster, but for the supposed difficulty of procuring proper food for it.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832 by Various
You, sir, are an insult to reheatable noodle dishes encaged in foam.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
Nigel, the dirty bird who has encaged Blu and Jewel, is voiced by The Flight of the Conchords'Jemaine Clement with a sneer of splendid comic contempt.
From Time ● Apr. 14, 2011
Their sources: Nazi papers and radio; their own stomachs; escorted outings to church, movies, the woods; the look and air of Germans who gazed at the "encaged" Americans; talks with storekeepers, barbers, doctors.
From Time Magazine Archive
But when they tried to make their dreams reality, they found themselves encaged by invisible but seemingly invincible forces, mysterious beyond their understanding.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like the brick trap, it secures its victims without harm and furnishes the additional advantage of good ventilation for the encaged unfortunate.
From Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by William Hamilton Gibson
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