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encaged

encaged is the simple past and past participle of encage.

Meaning of encage

Verb

encage (third-person singular simple present encages, present participle encaging, simple past and past participle encaged)

  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.1858, B. B. Wiffen, Choice Notes from "Notes and Queries", page 12

Questions about encaged

What is encaged the simple past and past participle of?
Encaged is the simple past and past participle of encage.

Words near encaged in the dictionary

  1. enbyphobic
  2. enc
  3. encaenia
  4. Encaenias
  5. encage
  6. encaged
  7. encagement
  8. encagements
  9. encages
  10. encaging
  11. encainide

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