fence (v.) Copy link Outline I. To enclose1. sēpio (saep.), psi, ptum, 42. consēpio, 4 (rare)3. expr. by sēpes, sēpīmentum, etc., and a verbII. To exercise with a sword or foil • fence (v.): I. To enclose: 1. sēpio (saep.), psi, ptum, 4: to f. (put a hedge to) a corn-field, segetem s., Col. Fig.: nature has f d the eyes with very delicate membranes, natura oculos tenuissimis membranis sepsit, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142. 2. consēpio, 4 (rare): Lucr. 3. expr. by sēpes, sēpīmentum, etc., and a verb: to f. a corn-field, segeti praetendere sepem, Virg. G. 1, 270; a cottage, casam sepis munimento cingere, Plin. 17, 14, 24: v. preced. art. II. To exercise with a sword or foil: bătuo, i, 3: to f. with wooden swords, with fighting weapons, rudibus, pugnatoriis armis b., Suet. Cal. 32, 54. Fig.: to evade a question, tergĭversor, 1: v. to shuffle.