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English Dictionary: ensconce by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ensconce
v
  1. fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair" [syn: ensconce, settle]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ensconce \En*sconce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ensconced}; imp. &
      p. p. {Ensconcing}.]
      To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or
      hide securely; to conceal.
  
               She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the
               arras.                                                   --Shak.
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