ENCLOSE
| Pronunciation: | | en'klowz
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| Matching Terms: | | enclosed, enclosed space, enclosing, enclosure
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- [v] introduce; "Insert your ticket here"
- [v] enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"
- [v] surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"
- [v] close in or confine
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| | Synonyms: | | confine, enfold, envelop, enwrap, hold in, inclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, shut in, stick in, wrap |
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| | See Also: | | bank, bathe, bear, benight, border, border, bound, bower, box in, box up, bury, capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulize, carry, case, casket, catheterise, catheterize, cocoon, contain, cordon off, corral, cover, cup, dike, dyke, eat up, embower, encapsulate, encase, engross, engulf, enshrine, enshroud, feed, feed in, fence, fence in, foist, fort, fortify, frame, frame, frame in, glass, glass, glass in, hide, hold, immerse, inject, inoculate, insert, inset, interlard, intersperse, involve, rail, rail in, rope in, rope off, sheathe, shoot, shrine, shroud, skirt, slip, surround, swallow, swallow up, tuck, wall in, wall up | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \En*close"\, v. t. [F. enclos, p. p. of enclore to
enclose; pref. en- (L. in) + clore to close. See {Close}, and
cf. {Inclose}, {Include}.]
To inclose. See {Inclose}.
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| | Related Terms: | | admit, assimilate, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, bound, box in, box up, cage, chamber, check, circle, circle in, circumscribe, cloister, close, close in, compass, compass about, complete, comprehend, comprise, confine, constrain, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, cork up, corral, count in, cover, crib, define, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, detain, determine, divide, embay, embed, embody, embosom, embrace, encage, encircle, enclasp, encompass, enfold, enshrine, enshroud, envelop, environ, envisage, enwrap, fence, fence in, fence off, fill, fill in, fill out, fix, go around, go round, hedge, hedge in, hem, hem in, hold, hold in custody, hold in restraint, house in, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, incorporate, inhibit, insert, internalize, invest, involve, jail, keep in, keep in custody, keep in detention, keep within, kennel, lap, lay off, leaguer, limit, mark boundaries, mark off, mark out, mark the periphery, mew, mew up, number among, occupy, pen, pen in, pen up, pocket, pound, put in, quarantine, rail in, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, restrain, restrict, rope off, seal up, separate, set the limit, shackle, shrine, shroud, shut in, shut up, specify, stable, stake out, surround, take in, take into account, take into consideration, take up, veil, wall, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up |
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