Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encage

/ɪnˈkeɪdʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: encage
IPA: /ɪnˈkeɪdʒ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To lock inside a cage; to imprison.

Example Sentences

"Bruce's daughter, Marjory, and his sister Mary, were likewise to be encaged, the former in the Tower of London, the latter in Roxburghe Castle."
"I feared the sight of encaged animals would be unbearably sad."
"To rattle the rats to the point where their stress response remained demonstrably hyperactive, the researchers exposed the animals to four weeks of varying stressors: moderate electric shocks, being encaged with dominant rats, prolonged dunks in water."

Etymology

From en- + cage.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: en

Inflected Forms

encages (present, singular) encaging (participle, present) encaged (participle, past) encaged (past)

Derived Forms

encagement

Rhymes With

age page stage wage engage minimum wage cage mg rage gauge sage backstage

Questions

How do you pronounce encage?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈkeɪdʒ/.
What does encage mean?: To lock inside a cage; to imprison.
Where does encage come from?: From en- + cage.

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