'Enclose' definitions:

Definition of 'enclose'

From: WordNet
verb
Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose]
verb
Close in; darkness enclosed him" [syn: enclose, hold in, confine]
verb
Surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" [syn: enclose, close in, inclose, shut in]
verb
Introduce; "Insert your ticket here" [syn: insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce]

Definition of 'Enclose'

From: GCIDE
  • Enclose \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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'enclose'

From: GCIDE
  • Inclose \In*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inclosing.] [See Enclose, and cf. Include.] [Written also enclose.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • How many evils have inclosed me round! --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The inclosed copies of the treaty. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To put into harness; to harness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • They went to coach and their horse inclose. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]