encage

[ en-keyj ]

verb (used with object)

, en·caged, en·cag·ing.

1. to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.

encage

/ ɪnˈkeɪdʒ /

verb

1. tr to confine in or as in a cage

Word History and Origins

Origin of encage¹

First recorded in 1585–95; en- ¹ + cage

Example Sentences

More truly, the rectangular arrays encage space.

From The New Yorker

Encage, en-kāj′, v.t. to shut up in a cage.

From Project Gutenberg

Ah, it is little short of a sin to encage a wild bird, beating its heart against the bars of its narrow cage, when the sun calls it to mount up with quivering ecstasy to the gates of day; but what a sin to bind the preacher of righteousness, and imprison him in sunless vaults—what an agony!

From Project Gutenberg

Note.—en in most words is the equivalent of the Latin in, meaning in, into, within; as in encage, encase, encircle, enclose, encourage, enrage, enroll, entangle, entice, entomb, entrap, entwine, envelop, enwrap. foli = leaf.

From Project Gutenberg

His activity was fed in wholesome measure, without either exhaustion or satiety; his taste and genius found worthy expression in each of the modes human beings have invented to encage and manifest the spirit of beauty; the goodness of his heart made him never weary of conducing to the well-being of his fellow-creatures; his magnificent spirit, and aspirations for the respect and love of mankind, now received fruition; true, his exaltation was temporary; perhaps it were better that it should be so.

From Project Gutenberg