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Part of Speech: verb transitive

Results: 4

            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.                                    

            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.                                    

            3.                                           To                                                         separate                                                         from                                                           common                                                           grounds                                                         by                                                           a                                                         fence;                                                         as,                                                         to                                                           inclose                                                           lands.                                    

            4.                                           To                                                         put                                                         into                                                         harness;                                                         to                                                         harness.

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Fences there were none, for there was nothing to inclose; but upon cords, stretched in long rows one over the other, hung fish cut open, and drying in the wind. - "The Sand-Hills of Jutland", Hans Christian Andersen.
Stage above stage the imperial structure stands, Holds the chief honours, and the town commands: High walls and battlements the courts inclose, And the strong gates defy a host of foes. - "The Odyssey of Homer", Homer, translated by Alexander Pope.
In a sotto voice and with a flow of red suffusing his face, Alphonse Michelson turned to Gertie Dobriner, his hand curved blinker fashion to inclose his words. - "Every Soul Hath Its Song", Fannie Hurst.

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