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Webster 1913 Edition
Enclose
Webster 1828 Edition
Enclose
ENCLOSE.
[See Inclose.]Definition 2024
enclose
enclose
English
Alternative forms
- inclose (was as common as or more common than enclose until the early 1800s, is now uncommon)
Verb
enclose (third-person singular simple present encloses, present participle enclosing, simple past and past participle enclosed)
- (transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
- (transitive) To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package.
- (intransitive) To hold or contain.
Usage notes
- Until about 1820, it was common to spell this word, and the derived terms encloser and enclosure, with in- (i.e. as inclose, incloser, inclosure). Since 1820, the forms with en- have predominated.[1]
Translations
surround, fence in
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insert into a container
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hold, contain