Enclose
[ɪn'kləʊz;en-] or [ɪn'kloz]
Definition
(verb.) surround completely; 'Darkness enclosed him'; 'They closed in the porch with a fence'.
(verb.) close in; darkness enclosed him'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To inclose. See Inclose.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [Written also Inclose.] [1]. Encircle, surround, encompass, imbosom, circumscribe, shut in, fence in.[2]. Cover, envelop, wrap.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Shut, encircle, environ, include, circumscribe, envelop, wrap, afforest
ANT:Open, disclose, exclude, bare, disencircle, expose, develop, disafforest,disenclose
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Definition
v.t. to close or shut in: to confine: to surround: to put in a case as a letter in an envelope &c.: to fence esp. used of waste land.—ns. Enclos′er; Enclos′ure the act of enclosing: state of being enclosed: that which is enclosed: a space fenced off: that which encloses: a barrier.
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Examples
- Don't forget to enclose mine, said Crispin warningly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I, however, want you to write to our mutual friend, Mr Carriston, and enclose a note of mine meant for the eyes of Eunice alone. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Read my letter to him, and then place in his hands the cheque which I enclose. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I enclose a drawing of father sitting up in bed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I must enclose this to the Marquis of Hertford, not to ruin you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Oh, I will write with the greatest of pleasure, and enclose your letter. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But not that--it was the whiteness he seemed to enclose as he bent forwards, rowing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Why should the brain be enclosed in a box composed of such numerous and such extraordinarily shaped pieces of bone apparently representing vertebrae? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I have the greatest pleasure, my dear Emma, in forwarding to you the enclosed. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The enemy had in addition to their intrenched line close up to Petersburg, two enclosed works outside of it, Fort Gregg and Fort Whitworth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I hastily broke open the plain wafer seal, and found a two hundred pound bank-note, merely enclosed in a blank cover. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- DEAR FRIEND, I send you enclosed the copies you desired of the papers I read to you yesterday. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Entering a portal, fastened only by a latch, I stood amidst a space of enclosed ground, from which the wood swept away in a semicircle. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It is enclosed by a wall of two feet high, and twenty feet distance from the buildings. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It was built in the Moorish fashion,--a square building enclosing a court-yard, into which the carriage drove through an arched gateway. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She herself measured out the milk, and distributed the bread round the cosy circle now enclosing the bright little schoolroom fire. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His spe cial pride was in having determined the relative dime nsions of the sphere and the enclosing cylinder. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I will get an Act for enclosing Nunnely Common, and parcelling it out into farms. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Gentlemen:-- Replying to yours of June 26th we are herewith enclosing a photograph of our first flight made at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The mechanical processes designed to separate the ore from its enclosing rock or other superfluous earthy matter called _gangue_ became known as _ore dressing_ and _ore concentrating_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was a cage with tin-foil hanging all round it; it was not a complete metallic enclosing shell. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The fork encloses a sort of half-round stud or pin. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- See if it encloses one from Eunice to me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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