Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To place in a secure environment.

    sicher unterbringen

    укрыва́тьukryvátʹ, укры́тьukrýtʹ

  2. (intransitive, transitive)To settle comfortably.

    bequem machen, niederlassen

    устра́иватьсяustráivatʹsja, устро́итьсяustróitʹsja

More definitions
  • fix firmly

Examples

1 sentences

  1. These ideals will one day ensconce themselves in each of our minds.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to place in a secure environment:
to settle comfortably:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to place in a secure environment:
to settle comfortably:

Origin

From en- + sconce, “to place in a sconce (“fortification”)”.

From en- + sconce, “to place in a sconce (“fortification”)”.

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Forms

ensconces, ensconcing, ensconced, ensconced
Base formensconce · to ensconce
3rd person singularensconces
Present participleensconcing
Past simpleensconced
Past participleensconced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyensconce
he, she, itensconces

Past simpleLesson

all personsensconced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ensconced
he, she, ithas ensconced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ensconce

Synonyms

2 synonyms
settle comfortably:cuddle up
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedensconcement

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
enrichB1enrichmentenrollB2enrollmentensembleenshittificationenslave
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