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Encage   Listen
verb
Encage  v. t.  (past & past part. encaged; pres. part. engaging)  To confine in a cage; to coop up.






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"Encage" Quotes from Famous Books



... universally admitted to be the most enchanting of warblers; and many might be tempted to encage the mellifluous songster, but for the supposed difficulty of procuring proper food for it. In the village of Cossey, near Norwich, an individual has had a nightingale in cage since last April; it is very healthy and lively, and has been ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 569 - Volume XX., No. 569. Saturday, October 6, 1832 • Various



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