enfonce,v.rare.|ɛnˈfɒns| [ad.Fr.enfoncer, f.en-(see en-1) + foncer to sink.] trans. To sink in; to place in a low or retired position. 1834R. Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) I. 147 The eyes of this one [the screech owl] not being so deeply enfonced as those of most of the others.