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    ensconce

    ensconce - Dictionary definition and meaning for word ensconce

    Definition
    (verb) fix firmly
    Synonyms : settle
    Example Sentence
    • He ensconced himself in the chair
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ensconce

ensconce sounds something like iskon (lord krishna's temple which is a peaceful place..hence can settle comfortably ... (feel like staying their only and settle down in such peaceful place..)

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a child gets his ice cream CONe which makes him settle down comfortably.

en- "make, put in" + sconce "small fortification, shelter,"

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