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Enclose

//ənˈkloʊz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To surround with a wall, fence, etc. transitive

    "to enclose lands"

  2. 2
    place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing wordnet
  3. 3
    To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package. transitive

    "Please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope if you require a reply."

  4. 4
    enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering wordnet
  5. 5
    surround completely wordnet
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  1. 6
    close in wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English enclosen, inclosen, from Middle English enclos, from Old French enclose, feminine plural past participle of enclore, from Vulgar Latin *inclaudō, *inclaudere, from Latin inclūdō (doublet of include), from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). Equivalent to en- + close.

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