ensconce Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb fix firmly
    settle.
    • He ensconced himself in the chair

WordNet

En*sconce" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Ensconced ; imperfect & past participle Ensconcing
Definitions
  1. To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal.
    She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. Shak.

Webster 1913