encage
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of encage
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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
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
The five made a high-impact entrance, performing a searing routine that kicked off on top of an enormous encaged disco ball.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
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
They looked like fire-flies dancing among the boughs, and indeed they were encaged fire-flies, or bits of fox-fire from decayed stumps.
From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by Henry Christopher McCook
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