Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enclose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inclose \In*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inclosed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Inclosing}.] [See {Enclose}, and cf. {Include}.]
[Written also {enclose}.]
1. To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to
include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort
or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls.
How many evils have inclosed me round! --Milton.
2. To put within a case, envelope, or the like; to fold (a
thing) within another or into the same parcel; as, to
inclose a letter or a bank note.
The inclosed copies of the treaty. --Sir W.
Temple.
3. To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose
lands. --Blackstone.
4. To put into harness; to harness. [Obs.]
They went to coach and their horse inclose.
--Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Enclose \En*close"\, v. t. [F. enclos, p. p. of enclore to
enclose; pref. en- (L. in) + clore to close. See {Close}, and
cf. {Inclose}, {Include}.]
To inclose. See {Inclose}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
enclose
v 1: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering;
"Fog enveloped the house" [syn: {envelop}, {enfold}, {enwrap},
{wrap}]
2: close in or confine [syn: {hold in}, {confine}]
3: surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him" [syn: {inclose},
{shut in}]
4: introduce; "Insert your ticket here" [syn: {insert}, {inclose},
{stick in}, {put in}, {introduce}]
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