inclose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb surround completely
    shut in; enclose; close in.
    • Darkness enclosed him
    • They closed in the porch with a fence
  2. verb introduce
    insert; put in; stick in; introduce; enclose.
    • Insert your ticket here

WordNet


In*close" transitive verb
Etymology
See Enclose, and cf. Include.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Inclosed ; present participle & verbal noun Inclosing
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913