1. to confine or imprison in or as if in a cage
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘encage’

Examples

• The zookeeper encages the wild animals for safety.
• Fear encages her mind and prevents clear thinking.
• The dictator encages political dissidents without trial.
• She feels that routine encages her creative spirit.
• The small apartment encages the large family.
• Tradition sometimes encages progressive ideas.