INCLOSING

Verb

inclosing

present participle of inclose

Anagrams

• closing in

Source: Wiktionary


INCLOSE

In*close", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inclosing.] Etym: [See Enclose, and cf. Include.] [Written also enclose.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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