Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Enscon’ce (2 syl.).

 Enough. (Anglo-Saxon, genoh or genog.)Ensemble. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Enscon’ce (2 syl.).
 
To hide; to put under cover. Literally, to cover with a sconce, or fort. (German, schanze, a fort, Danish, schans; Swedish, skans; Latin, abscondo, to hide.)   1
 


 Enough. (Anglo-Saxon, genoh or genog.)Ensemble. 

 
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