enclose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
    wrap; envelop; enfold; enwrap.
    • Fog enveloped the house
  2. verb close in; darkness enclosed him"
    hold in; confine.
  3. verb surround completely
    inclose; shut in; close in.
    • Darkness enclosed him
    • They closed in the porch with a fence
  4. verb introduce
    insert; put in; stick in; introduce; inclose.
    • Insert your ticket here

WordNet

En*close" transitive verb
Etymology
F. enclos, p. p. of enclore to enclose; pref. en- (L. in) + clore to close. See Close, and cf. Inclose, Include.
Definitions
  1. To inclose. See Inclose.

Webster 1913