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What does ensconce mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word ensconce? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To place in a secure environment.
  2. (intransitive) To settle comfortably.
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I intend to ensconce myself in a nice hotel looking out on Central Park on Saturday and Sunday.
It would ensconce moneyed princes on Capitol Hill to buy lawmakers' favors from within.
It was but the work of a moment to ensconce herself behind its voluminous folds.
This means you don't go looking for him, you ensconce with the family in the safe room, get the police on the phone, and make the intruder come looking for you.
He had been driven to ensconce the nest in a corner of his already too well-filled den.
It proves that you can ensconce a building within a kind of classic modern tradition and still imbue it with freshness.

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