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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCLO'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. 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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" [syn: enclose, close in, inclose, shut in]
2: introduce; "Insert your ticket here" [syn: insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce]

Merriam Webster's

variant of enclose

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of ENCLOSE.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. [Written also Enclose.] 1. Encircle, surround, encompass, imbosom, circumscribe, shut in, fence in. 2. Cover, envelop, wrap.