Inclose \In*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inclosed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inclosing.]
[See Enclose, and cf. Include.]
[Written also enclose.]
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. --Blackstone.
4. To put into harness; to harness. [Obs.]
They went to coach and their horse inclose.
--Chapman.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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