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   enclose

   /ɪnˈkləʊz/

   verb

   • 1. surround or close off on all sides: "the entire estate was enclosed with walls" Similar surroundcircleringencompassencirclecircumscribeborderboundedgeskirtfringehemlineflankconfineclose inshut infence inwall inhedge inhem inlock inlock upcut offliterary:girdgirdleengird
   • ▪ fence in (common land) so as to make it private property: historical "the open fields in the parish were enclosed in 1808"
   • ▪ seclude (a religious order or other community) from the outside world: "two years after he enclosed the convent, the plague struck one of the sisters"
   • ▪ bound on all sides; contain.
   • 2. place (something) in an envelope together with a letter: "I enclose a copy of the job description" Similar includeinsertput inenfoldsend

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘shut in, imprison’): from Old French enclos, past participle of enclore, based on Latin includere ‘shut in’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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