English-Thai Dictionary
ensconce
VT ทำตัว ตามสบาย พัก ตามสบาย tam-tua-tam-sa-bai
ensconce
VT เพื่อ ความปลอดภัย (คำ โบรา ณ ซ่อน เพื่อ ปิด เป็นความลับ conceal hide secrete puea-kwam-plod-pai
ensconce in
PHRV พัก อยู่ สบาย หลบซ่อน ซ่อน อย่าง สบาย pak-yu-sa-bai
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ENSCONCE
v.t.enscons'. [from sconce. ] To cover, or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to protect; to secure.
I will ensconce me behind the arras.
ENSCONCED
pp. Covered, or sheltered, as by a sconce or fort; protected; secured.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ENSCONCE
En *sconce ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensconced; imp. & p. p. Ensconcing. ]
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
ensconce
en sconce |enˈskäns ənˈskɑns | ▶verb [ with obj. ] establish or settle (someone ) in a comfortable, safe, or secret place: Agnes ensconced herself in their bedroom | spectators who were once comfortably ensconced in the old stadium's box seats. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the senses ‘fortify ’ and ‘shelter within or behind a fortification ’; formerly also as insconce ): from en- 1, in- 2 ‘in ’ + sconce 2 .
Oxford Dictionary
ensconce
ensconce |ɪnˈskɒns, ɛn- | ▶verb [ with obj. and adverbial of place ] establish or settle (someone ) in a comfortable, safe place: Agnes ensconced herself in their bedroom. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the senses ‘fortify ’ and ‘shelter within or behind a fortification ’; formerly also as insconce ): from en- 1, in- 2 ‘in ’ + sconce 2 .
American Oxford Thesaurus
ensconce
ensconce verb Agnes ensconced herself in their bedroom: settle, install, plant, position, seat, sit; establish, nestle; hide away, tuck away; informal park, plonk.
Oxford Thesaurus
ensconce
ensconce verb Agnes ensconced herself in their bedroom: settle, install, establish, park, shut, plant, lodge, position, seat, entrench, shelter, screen; nestle, curl up, snuggle up; informal dig in.
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