Part 5691

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; <as>as, to <ex>inclose</ex> a fort or an army with troops; to <ex>inclose</ex> a town with walls.</as></def>

<blockquote>How many evils have <b>inclosed</b> me round! <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put within a case, envelope, or the like; to fold (a thing) within another or into the same parcel; <as>as, to <ex>inclose</ex> a letter or a bank note</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>inclosed</b> copies of the treaty. <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To separate from common grounds by a fence; <as>as, to <ex>inclose</ex> lands</as>.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To put into harness; to harness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>They went to coach and their horse <b>inclose</b>. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incloser</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*clos"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.</def>

<h1>Inclosure</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*clo"sure</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Inclose</er>, <er>Enclosure</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>enclosure</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is inclosed or placed within something; a thing contained; a space inclosed or fenced up.</def>

<blockquote>Within the <b>inclosure</b> there was a great store of houses. <i>Hakluyt.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which incloses; a barrier or fence.</def>

<blockquote>Breaking our <b>inclosures</b> every morn. <i>W. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incloud</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*cloud"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To envelop as in clouds; to darken; to obscure.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

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<h1>Include</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*clude"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Included</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Including</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>includere</ets>, <ets>inclusum</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>claudere</ets> to shut. See <er>Close</er>, and cf. <er>Enclose</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; <as>as, the shell of a nut <ex>includes</ex> the kernel; a pearl is <ex>included</ex> in a shell.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; <as>as, this volume of Shakespeare <ex>includes</ex> his sonnets; he was <ex>included</ex> in the invitation to the family; to and <ex>including</ex> page twenty-five.</as></def> <-- usu. up to and including . . . -->

<blockquote>The whole <b>included</b> race, his purposed prey. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The loss of such a lord <b>includes</b> all harm. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To conclude; to end; to terminate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>