1. to confine or shut up in or as if in a cage
Usage: third person singular present tense of 'incage'; literary or formal

Examples

• The fortress incages the prisoners within its stone walls.
• Fear incages the mind more effectively than any physical barrier.
• The zoo incages wild animals for public viewing and protection.
• Tradition incages some people in outdated ways of thinking.
• The narrow apartment incages the family in cramped quarters.