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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
ensconce
    v 1: fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair" [syn:
         ensconce, settle]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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