Definition of Inclose

In`close´
v. t.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.
4.To put into harness; to harness.
They went to coach and their horse inclose.
- Chapman.


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