ensconce
/ɪnˈskɒns
/ /ɛnˈskɒns/verb [with object and adverbial of place]
Establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe place: Agnes ensconced herself in their bedroom...
- She collected me from the airport and I was soon ensconced in a comfortable bungalow.
- Soon the baby is ensconced in a booster seat.
- She raced to the elevators, only to heave a sigh of relief once she was ensconced safely inside.
Synonyms
settle, install, establish, park, shut, plant, lodge, position, seat, entrench, shelter, screen;
nestle, curl up, snuggle up
informal dig in
Origin
Late 16th century (in the senses 'fortify' and 'shelter within or behind a fortification'; formerly also as insconce): from en-1, in-2 'in' + sconce2.
Rhymes
- fair-faced
- Fairfax County
- Fairfax, Thomas
- Fairfield
- fairfieldite
- fair folk
- fair game
- fair go
- fair green
- fairground
- fair-haired
- fair-handed
- Fair Hebe jug
- fairies' arrow
- fairies' bonnet
- fairies' bonnets
- fairies' caps
- fairies' fingers
- fairies' glove
- fairies' horse
- fairies' petticoats
- fairies' table
- fairies' thimble
- fairies' treasure
- fairies' wealth