v. t. [ Pref. in- in + cloister: cf. F. encloîtrer. Cf. Encloister. ] To confine as in a cloister; to cloister. Lovelace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inclosed p. pr. & vb. n. Inclosing. ] [ See Enclose, and cf. Include. ] [ Written also enclose. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

How many evils have inclosed me round! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inclosed copies of the treaty. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To put into harness; to harness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They went to coach and their horse inclose. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Inclose, Enclosure. ] [ Written also enclosure. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is inclosed or placed within something; a thing contained; a space inclosed or fenced up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Within the inclosure there was a great store of houses. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which incloses; a barrier or fence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Breaking our inclosures every morn. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To envelop as in clouds; to darken; to obscure. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]