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ensconce

en·sconce [ in skónss, en skóns ] (past and past participle en·sconced, present participle en·sconc·ing, 3rd person present singular en·sconc·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
settle in comfortably: to make somebody or yourself comfortably established, as though ready to stay a long while ( often passive )
were ensconced on the sofa

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