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encaging

encaging is the present participle and gerund 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 encaging

What is encaging the present participle and gerund of?
Encaging is the present participle and gerund of encage.

Words near encaging in the dictionary

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

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