'Ensconce' definitions:
Definition of 'ensconce'
From: WordNet
verb
Fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair" [syn: ensconce, settle]
Definition of 'Ensconce'
From: GCIDE
- Ensconce \En*sconce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensconced; imp. & p. p. Ensconcing.] To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal. [1913 Webster]
- She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ensconce'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anchor,
- becloud,
- befog,
- billet at,
- bivouac,
- blanket,
- blind,
- burrow,
- bury,
- cache,
- camouflage,
- camp,
- cloak,
- cloud,
- colonize,
- come to anchor,
- conceal,
- cover,
- cover up,
- curtain,
- disguise,
- dissemble,
- distract attention from,
- ditch,
- domesticate,
- drop anchor,
- eclipse,
- enshroud,
- envelop,
- establish,
- establish residence,
- fix,
- gloss over,
- hide,
- hive,
- inhabit,
- install,
- keep house,
- keep under cover,
- live at,
- locate,
- mask,
- moor,
- move,
- nest,
- obfuscate,
- obscure,
- occult,
- park,
- people,
- perch,
- place,
- plant,
- populate,
- relocate,
- reside,
- roost,
- screen,
- seat,
- secrete,
- set,
- set up housekeeping,
- set up shop,
- settle,
- settle down,
- shade,
- shroud,
- sit down,
- situate,
- slur over,
- squat,
- stand,
- stash,
- station,
- stay at,
- strike root,
- take residence at,
- take root,
- take up residence,
- varnish,
- veil,
- whitewash