incavern, encavern, v.
(ɪnˈkævən, ɛn-)
[f. in-2, en-1 + cavern n.1: cf. It. incavernare (Florio).]
trans. To shut up in a cavern: = prec.
| 1611 Florio, Incauernare, to encaue, to encauerne, to endenne. 1612 Drayton Poly-olb. i. 6 Then Lid creeps on along, and taking Thrushel throws Herself amongst the rocks; and so incavern'd goes. 1836 F. Mahoney Rel. Father Prout, Literature & Jesuits (1859) 178 Soothing the toils of the encaverned slave. |