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enclose verb [ ɪnˈkləʊz ]

• surround or close off on all sides.
• "the entire estate was enclosed with walls"
Similar: surround, circle, ring, encompass, encircle, circumscribe, border, bound, edge, skirt, fringe, hem, line, flank, confine, close in, shut in, fence in, wall in, hedge in, hem in, lock in, lock up, cut off, gird, girdle, engird,
• place (something) in an envelope together with a letter.
• "I enclose a copy of the job description"
Similar: include, insert, put in, enfold, send,
Origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘shut in, imprison’): from Old French enclos, past participle of enclore, based on Latin includere ‘shut in’.


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