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encage

verb en·cage \in-ˈkāj, en-\

Definition of ENCAGE

transitive verb
:  cage 1
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First Known Use of ENCAGE

1592

Related to ENCAGE

Synonyms
box (in), cage, closet, coop (up), corral, enclose, encase, envelop, fence (in), hedge, hem (in), house, immure, include, mew (up), pen, wall (in)

Rhymes with ENCAGE

backstage, birdcage, broad-gauge, coon's age, dark age, downstage, engage, enrage, forestage, front-page, greengage, ice age, Iron Age, new age, offstage, onstage, outrage, presage, rampage, rib cage, road rage, roll cage, soundstage, space-age, substage, teenage, thrust stage, uncage, upstage

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