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Definition of Enclose
1. Verb. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. "Fog enveloped the house"
Generic synonyms: Cover
Specialized synonyms: Benight, Tube, Capsulate, Capsule, Capsulise, Capsulize, Engulf, Sheathe, Cocoon, Bathe, Cover, Enshroud, Hide, Shroud
Derivative terms: Enclosing, Enclosure, Enclosure, Enfolding, Envelopment, Wrap
2. Verb. Close in. "Darkness enclosed him"
Generic synonyms: Bear, Carry, Contain, Hold
Specialized synonyms: Border, Bound, Embank, Rail, Rail In, Box In, Box Up, Frame
Derivative terms: Confinement, Enclosure, Enclosure
3. Verb. Surround completely. "They closed in the porch with a fence"
Specialized synonyms: Insert, Tuck, Wall In, Wall Up, Bower, Embower, Enshrine, Shrine, Case, Encase, Incase, Bury, Eat Up, Immerse, Swallow, Swallow Up, Border, Frame, Frame In, Glass, Glass In, Bank, Dike, Dyke, Encapsulate, Fence, Fence In, Cordon Off, Rope In, Rope Off, Casket, Corral, Fort, Fortify, Hedge, Hedge In
Generic synonyms: Border, Environ, Ring, Skirt, Surround
Derivative terms: Enclosure
4. Verb. Introduce. "Insert your ticket here"
Specialized synonyms: Plug, Plug, Inoculate, Inset, Glass, Catheterise, Catheterize, Cup, Interlard, Intersperse, Feed, Feed In, Slip, Foist, Inject, Shoot
Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set
Derivative terms: Enclosure, Inclosure, Insert, Insertion, Introduction
Definition of Enclose
1. v. t. To inclose. See Inclose.
Definition of Enclose
1. Verb. (transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, &c. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To hold or contain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enclose
1. to close in on all sides [v -CLOSED, -CLOSING, -CLOSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enclose
Literary usage of Enclose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"I enclose an order on the Times. I did n't know precisely how to word it for I
don't know how many of my letters he has published. ..."
2. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834)
"I enclose your Honor the sentence of a general court- martial, which was held
here upon a sergeant for running away with his party. ..."
3. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"I am very sorry it is not in my power to enclose to Congress the English papers
... SIR : I have the honor to enclose a few newspapers, received by the last ..."
4. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"Spenser, FQ v. 11. 48 ; to become less, to be diminished, id., v. 4. 8. See Diet.
(sv Impair). empale, to surround, enclose. Sackville, Induction, st. ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"... but after much study of this point I am convinced that unusual as it is there
is not enough endoderm to enclose these ova, but only a very small amount ..."
6. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"piquets on each side, when the terms were settled and ratified before midnight;
a copy of which I have the honour to enclose.i Naval Chronicle, voL xxi. p. ..."
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