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encages

encages is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 encages

What is encages the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Encages is the third-person singular simple present indicative of encage.

Words near encages in the dictionary

  1. Encaenias
  2. encage
  3. encaged
  4. encagement
  5. encagements
  6. encages
  7. encaging
  8. encainide
  9. encaked
  10. Encalada
  11. Encaladas

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