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Inclose


INCLO'SE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin inclusus, includo; in and claudo, or cludo.]

1. To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; as, to inclose a field with a fence; to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls.

2. To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands.

3. To include; to shut or confine; as, to inclose trinkets in a box.

4. To environ; to encompass.

5. To cover with a wrapper or envelop; to cover under seal; as, to inclose a letter or a bank note.