Crossword clues for enclose
enclose
- Surround on all sides
- Fence, the middle of which has to fail
- Fence in (common land)
- Put inside, as in an envelope
- Bound to suffer defeat after short dash around
- Fence off
- Wall off
- Stuff into an envelope
- Put in the envelope
- Place in an envelope
- Include, in a way
- Include, as in a mailing
- Include in an envelope, as a check
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inclose \In*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inclosing.] [See Enclose, and cf. Include.]
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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!
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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. To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands.
--Blackstone.-
To put into harness; to harness. [Obs.]
They went to coach and their horse inclose.
--Chapman.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 14c., from en- (1) + close, and partially from Old French enclos, past participle of enclore "surround; confine; contain." Specific sense of "to fence in waste or common ground" for the purpose of cultivation or to give it to private owners is from c.1500. Meaning "place a document with a letter for transmission" is from 1707. Related: Enclosed; enclosing.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To surround with a wall, fence, etc. 2 (context transitive English) To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package. 3 (context intransitive English) To hold or contain.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "enclose".
Saturday, April 28 1930 hours Cranston Moors North York, England The rumble of the generators and spray painter air compressors was deafeningly loud within the enclosed space of the hangar, and as the two of them walked across the hangar floor toward a small office in the back, Adler had to pitch his voice louder to make himself heard.
It was a hot still day in late summer and this was one of the softer corners of the Dales, sheltered by the enclosing fells from the harsh winds which shrivelled all but the heather and the tough moorland gmss.
Chariottesville Allegheny terminal, please present the enclosed receipt at the courtesy desk.
There must be one principle constituting this unit of many forms of life and enclosing the several members within the unity, while at the same time, precisely as in each thing of detail the parts too have each a definite function, so in the All each several member must have its own task--but more markedly so since in this case the parts are not merely members but themselves Alls, members of the loftier Kind.
The healing amnionic fluid generated by the spore-forming glands, after the transparent amber sphere had enclosed him, offered Lavon his only chance.
Edgar triumphant over Edmund, the evil daughters dead, and Lear and Cordelia about to be rescued, the Apollonian form of tragedy has seemed on the verge of enclosing the Dionysiac turmoil.
The whole was enclosed by a wall, as Appleton Manor was, and here, too, there were traces of a moat near the stream, but the manor house was newly built.
Then rose the maiden tender, From stool all golden bound, Her waist is trim and slender, Her bosom full and round, Each dimpled cheek encloses An Astrild, roguish sprite, As when on opening roses, The butterflies alight.
Guardian wishes me to express his loving thanks for your letter of the third instant, enclosing the half-yearly reports of the Perth and Auckland Spiritual Assemblies, all of which he has been delighted to read.
The earliest Avestan account of the earthly condition of men describes them as living in a garden which Yima or Jemschid had enclosed at the command of Ormuzd.
Again he enclosed both in his arms, reaching around their backs to clasp a breast of each.
The entire baseplate the bar had stood on was enclosed in what appeared to be an enormous airbag.
Again the trouble lay in the seed, for instead of a single seed, beets have a cluster of from three to five enclosed in a hard, rough shell.
Commander Anne Blenheim was enjoying what was almost her first look around the vast interior of the ancient Templar Fortress that enclosed the Radiant itself, and of which she had very recently assumed command.
She felt safe--not because they were in rural Utah, away from the smog and the gangs and the high crime rate of the major metropolitan areas, but because they were living in Bonita Vista, an enclosed world, a hermetically sealed environment, shielded against all that lay outside.