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en⋅close

  [en-klohz]
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–verb (used with object), -closed, -clos⋅ing.
1. to shut or hem in; close in on all sides: a valley enclosed by tall mountains.
2. to surround, as with a fence or wall: to enclose land.
3. to insert in the same envelope, package, or the like: He enclosed a check. A book was sent with the bill enclosed.
4. to hold or contain: His letter enclosed a check.
5. Roman Catholic Church.
a. to restrict to the enclosure of a monastery or convent.
b. (of a monastery, convent, church, etc.) to establish or fix the boundary of an enclosure.
Also, inclose.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME en-, inclosen. See in- 1 , close

Related forms:
en⋅clos⋅a⋅ble, adjective
en⋅clos⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. encircle, encompass, ring, girdle.
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en·close   (ěn-klōz')   
tr.v.   en·closed also in·closed, en·clos·ing also in·clos·ing, en·clos·es also in·clos·es
  1. To surround on all sides; close in.
  2. To fence in so as to prevent common use: enclosed the pasture.
  3. To contain, especially so as to envelop or shelter: "Every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret" (Charles Dickens).
  4. To insert into the same envelope or package: enclose a check with the order.

[Middle English enclosen, from Old French enclos, past participle of enclore, from Latin inclūdere, to enclose; see include.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to surround and confine within a limited area: cattle enclosed in feedlots; was caged in the office all afternoon; was cooped up in a studio apartment; a garden fenced in by shrubbery; a battalion hemmed in by enemy troops; ships penned up in the harbor; prisoners who were walled in.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : enclose
Spanish: adjuntar,
German: beifügen,
Japanese: 同封する
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enclose 
c.1325, from en- + close (q.v.). Specific sense of "to fence in waste or common ground" for the purpose of cultivation or to give it to private owners, is from 1503. Meaning "place a document with a letter for transmission" is from 1707.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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