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Definition: Inclose |
IncloseVerb1. Surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him". 2. Introduce; "Insert your ticket here". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "inclose" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Note: Inclose \In*close"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Inclosed; present participle verb or noun Inclosing.]. (references) |
Synonyms: IncloseSynonyms: enclose (v), insert (v), introduce (v), put in (v), shut in (v), stick in (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Circumjacence | Verb: lie around; adVerb: surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt; begird, engird; skirt, twine round; hem in; (circumscribe). |
Circumscription | Verb: circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose; surround; compass about; imprison; (restrain); hedge in, wall in, rail in; fence round, fence in,hedge round; picket; corral. |
Class | Include, comprise, comprehend, contain, admit, embrace, receive; inclose; (circumscribe); embody, encircle. |
Inclosure | Verb: inclose, circumscribe. |
Interiority | Place within, keep within; inclose; (circumscribe); intern; imbed; (insert). |
Restraint | Confine; shut up, shut in; clap up, lock up, box up, mew up, bottle up, cork up, seal up, button up; hem in, bolt in, wall in, rail in; impound, pen, coop; inclose; (circumscribe); cage; incage, encage; close the door upon, cloister; imprison, immure; incarcerate, entomb; clap under hatches, lay under hatches; put in irons, put in a strait-waistcoat; throw into prison, cast into prison; put into bilboes. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Inclose |
| English words defined with "inclose": Albuminin, Arrentation ♦ Carpathian, Chevron bones ♦ Deads ♦ Embale, Embar, Embosom, Embox, Embrothel, Empark, Enchase, Enchest, Encurtain, Encyst, Enframe, Enlock, Enseam, Envault ♦ Feather grass ♦ Hypnocyst ♦ Imbank, Imborder, Imbosom, Imbound, Imbox, Impark, Impen, Inbind, Incapsulate, Incase, Inclip, Inclosed, Inclosing, Infold, Inhoop, Inlock, Inmew, Inrail, Instore, Interclose, Intermure, Intrunk, Inwall ♦ Landlock, Lurchline ♦ Mure ♦ Napkin pattern ♦ Oostegite ♦ Sense capsule, Sperre ♦ To be confined, To brick up, To cut a dido, To double upon, To lattice up, To shut in, To take in ♦ Zooecium. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "inclose": town. (references) |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | He by his labour does, as it were, inclose it from the common. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Inclose" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Inclose" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 66.67% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 33.33% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "inclose": inclose a letter ♦ inclose with. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
inclose | 19 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "inclose"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shtoj (add, add to, add up, advance, append, attach, augment, compound, count in, eke out, enclose, enhance, heighten, increase, intensify, intercalate, lend, multiply, propagate, put on, pyramid, raise, redouble, refill, subjoin, superinduce, supplement), rrethoj (begird, beleaguer, beset, besiege, border on, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close in, close on, compass, embosom, embower, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, engirdle, entwine, envelop, environ, fence in, flank, fold, gird, girdle, hedge in, hem, invest, lap, leaguer, pocket, rail, rim, ring, round up, span, surround, wreathe), mbyll (bung, calk, caulk, close, close up, commit, confine, crib, dry up, encase, enclose, encompass, end, entomb, fasten, furl, glue up, hush up, impound, key, lap, obturate, occlude, pen, screw on, seal, shut, shut down, shut up, shutter, stop, stop up, stuff, suffuse, turn off, wind up, wrap up), kufizoj (circumscribe, confine, enclose, hedge in, hem, limit, localise, localize, narrow, restrain, restrict, specialize, stint, straiten, terminate, tie, truncate), fus (accept for, Bury, cram into, drive, embroil, enclose, engrain, enter, get in, interpolate, introduce, launch, mix in, pack, plunge, poke, pour into, press in, put, put in the picture, set, shove, speak, stick into, stock up, stuff, work in), bashkëmbyll (enclose, enclose with). (various references) | |
Arabic | قفل (block out, close, confine, enclose, fastener, latch, lock, obstruct, padlock, pen, plug, shut, shut down, shut out, shutter, turn off), حصر (enclose, incarcerate, incarceration, intercept, limitation, pin, pocket, restrict, restriction, straiten, trap), توحد (band together, enclose, retirement, solitude, uniformity, unite), سيج (enclose, fence, hedge, rail), طوق (band, be hemmed in, belt, besiege, cincture, circle, circumvent, clip, collar, compass, corral, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, entrench, envelop, fret, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, hoop, impale, include, invest, outflank, ring, round, strap, surround, take off, zone), ضمن (assure, avouch, embody, enclose, ensure, farm out, guarantee, include, inside, insure, secure, sponsor, vouch, within), إنطوى على (enclose, enfold, involve), إشتمل (comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, enclose, have, include, take in), رفق في مغلف (enclose). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | затварям в нещо, заграждам (contain, edge, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, fence, fence in, flank, lock in, rail, shut in, stem, stop, throw around, throw round). (various references) | |
Chinese | 附寄 (enclose, enclosing, Inclosed, Inclosing). (various references) | |
Farsi | محصورکردن (Close, Compass, Pale, Wall, Yard), چینه کشیدن , حصار (Barrier, Cramp, Enclosure, Fence, Fold, Fort, Hag, Hedge, Wall). (various references) | |
German | einschließen (box, confine to quarters, encircle, enclose, entitle, hem in, imply, include, involve, lock in, lock up, put away, seal in, shut, shut away, shut in, stow, surround, to embed, to enclose, to entitle, to imprison, to inclose, to include, to involve). (various references) | |
Greek | εσωκλείω (enclose), εγκλείω (confine, coop, corral, encapsulate, encase, enclose, enshrine, immure, impound, pen). (various references) | |
Hungarian | mellékel (append, enclose, subjoin, to annex, to append, to enclose), körülkerít (encircle, enclose, to belt, to circle, to close in, to encircle, to enclose, to hedge in, to immure, to park, to picket). (various references) | |
Italian | ingabbiare (cage, coop up, enclose), includere (comprehend, comprise, embody, enclose, engrain, include, incorporate), rinchiudere (comprehend, confine, coop, enclose, immure, include, lock up, put away, shut away, shut in), corredare (enclose, equip, fit out, furnish, supply), circondare (beset, besiege, circle, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, gird, ring, shroud, surround, surround oneself, troop round, wind), chiudere (balance, bar, cancel, close, enclose, end, furl, lock, put down, restrict, seal, shut, shut up, switch off, to close, turn off, turn out, wind up, withdraw), avvolgere (befog, cloak, enclose, enfold, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, fold, lap, muffle, pack, package, reel, roll, shroud, wind, wrap, wrap up), annettere (annex, attach, enclose), allegare (allege, annex, append, attach, attribute, enclose), accludere (annex, enclose), abbracciare (clasp, cuddle, embrace, embrace each other, enclose, enfold, fold, hug, include, span). (various references) | |
Korean | 둘러싸십시요 (enclose). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | incloseay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | incluir (add, add in, comprise, contain, count, embody, embrace, enclose, include, including, number, take in, to include), rodear (begird, cant, circle, circumvent, detour, embay, embosom, encircle, enclose, environ, girdle, go around, lock in, mob, outflank, outfox, rim, ring, ring up, shut in, surround, wreathe), meter dentro (enclose), juntar (accumulate, add, adjoin, affix, amass, annex, annexe, append, assemble, attach, brace, bulk, cohere, collect, conjoin, connect, couple, enclose, fund, gather, get-together, halve, heap, herd, huddle, inosculate, join, joining, joint, mass, mix, muster, piece, piece together, put to, put together, rake, reunite, run-on, seam, splice, stash, subjoin, tack, unite, weld), enclausurar (cloister, enclose, immure, mew), encerrar (accomodate, chamber, close, closet, coffin, contain, embay, encase, enclose, finish, girdle, hoop, imply, impound, incase, lock, lock in, mure, shut, shut in, shut up, terminate, wind up), cercar (bar up, barrier in, beleaguer, besiege, cincture, close, compass, coop, corral, embosom, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hedge, hurdle, impound, ring, ring up, surround), anexar (adhibit, affix, annex, annexe, append, attach, enclose). (various references) | |
Russian | вкладывать (enclose, invest, put in), окружать (begird, beset, close round, cluster around, compass, embosom, embower, encircle, enclose, encompass, enlace, envelop, environ, fence about, hem, round up, surround, surrounds), окаймлять (befringe, edge, enclose), ограничивать (bound, circumscribe, confine, constrain, delimit, determine, enclose, hedge, limit, narrow, pinch, qualify, restrain, restrict, scanting, scrimp, set a limit, set bounds, specialize, stint, straiten, terminate), обнести (enclose), заключать (conclude, confine, encompass, establish, inclosing, include, infer, nail down, transact), загородить (enclose, fence in). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | priložiti (contribute, enclose). (various references) | |
Spanish | incluir (add in, comprehend, cover, include, incorporate, take in, to include), rodear (circle, circuit, encircle, enclose, encompass, surround, wrap), remitir adjunto (enclose), poner (add, adjust, affix, alight, append, arrange, attach, bet, call, clap, connect, contribute, deposit, do, dress, drop, encase, enclose, entangle, expend, fasten, get down, get on, give, give in, impawn, impose, insert, instal, install, invest, job, jug, kick out, land, lay, lay down, light, make, open, perform, place, play back, pose, post, provoke, put, put down, put into, put on, put out, put through, put up, raise, read, send, set, set up, slip on, stake, stand, start, stick, stick down, Stow, suppose, switch on, tag on, take, take along, throw in, translate, turn on, wear), meter (cause, dip, enclose, engage, Fay, insert, introduce, intrude, involve, jug, jump on, key, lay down, Lodge, log in, make, place, poke, put, put down, shove, sink, Stow, telescope, throw about, throw away, throw on, thrust, tuck in, turf out, yank off), encerrar (box up, carry, comprehend, confine, crate, encase, enclose, enshrine, ground, hem in, immure, include, lock in, lock up, pen, pen in, pen up, shut, shut away, shut down, shut in, shut up), encajar (chuck, dovetail, encase, enclose, fit, get in, give, house, insert, nest, palm off, palm off on, put up with, rabbet, set in), cercar (bar, barrier off, beset, besiege, circle, cut off, encircle, enclose, encompass, fence, hedge, hem in, invest, lap, obstruct, wall in), adjuntar (add, annex, append, attach, enclose, include, subjoin), acompañar (accompany, attach, attend, attend upon, enclose, escort, go along with, join, let out, partner, play, see, see off, squire, string along with, take out, usher). (various references) | |
Swedish | innesluta (embed, embody, embosom, encase, encircle, enclose, envelop, imbed, incase, lock, seal, shut in, wreathe), inhägna (enclose, fence in, fence off, hedge), omsluta (clench, embrace, enclasp, enclose, enfold, enlace, environ, infold), omgiva (begird, circle, compass, embed, embrace, encase, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, imbed, incase, surround, wreathe), omge (begird, circle, compass, embed, embrace, encase, encircle, encircled, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, imbed, incase, surround, wreathe), omgärda (enclose, fence in, fence off), bilägga (annex, append, arrange, attach, enclose, patch up a quarrel, reconcile, settle, tack to), bifoga (add, adjoin, annex, append, attach, enclose, tack to). (various references) | |
Turkish | iliştirmek (affix, append, attach, buckle, buckle on, buckle up, enclose, fasten, subjoin), içermek (comprise, contain, cover, embody, encapsulate, enclose, implicate, imply, incapsulate, include, number, span, store, subsume), kuşatmak (begird, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, cincture, circle, compass, embosom, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, engirdle, envelop, environ, equip, gird, girdle, Girt, girth, hedge in, hedge round, hem about, hem around, hem in, invest, lay siege to, ring, shut in, surround, zone), kapsamak (be inclusive of, blanket, compass, comprehend, comprise, contain, cover, embrace, encapsulate, enclose, encompass, implicate, incapsulate, include, involve, span, subsume), kapatmak (ante up, buy up, cap, clear, close, close down, close up, cloud, cover, enclose, furl, impound, incarcerate, intern, interrupt, liquidate, obturate, occlude, put up, seal, seal off, shut, shut down, shut off, shut to, shut up, switch off, wall), etrafını çevirmek (begird, encircle, enclave, enclose, encompass, hedge, hedge in, hedge round, surround), çevrelemek (begird, cincture, circle, encircle, enclose, environ, girdle, orb, ring, ring in, surround, swathe, twine about, twine around, wreathe), çevirmek (assemble, avert, bowl, change to, commute, convert, decline, deflect, divert, encircle, enclose, exchange, flip, flip over, hedge in, hedge round, interpret, manage, point, point on, pull, render, revert, roll, roll over, screw, slew, slew round, slue, slue round, spin, surround, switch to, translate, translate into, turn, turn into, turn on, turn over, turn to, twiddle, twirl, upturn, whip, wind, wind up, zone). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | оточувати (bank, beleaguer, beset, besiege, box, circle, compass, cordon, embosom, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enlace, environ, gird, girdle, girth, hang about, hem about, hem in, mob, palisade, ring, skirt, surround, zone), обгороджувати (fence, pale). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Song of Solomon Chapter 8, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ei teicoV estin oikodomhswmen ep' authn epalxeiV arguraV kai ei qura estin diagraywmen ep' authn sanida kedrinhn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si murus est aedificemus super eum propugnacula argentea si ostium est conpingamus illud tabulis cedrinis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If a wal she is, bilde wee vp `on it siluerene pynaclis; if a dore she is, ioyne wee it with ceder tables. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | If she is a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she is a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | If she is a wall, we will make on her a strong base of silver; and if she is a door, we will let her be shut up with cedar-wood. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Song of Solomon Chapter 8, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | Kong siya usa man ka paril, Tukoron namo sa ibabaw niya ang usa ka diyutay nga torre nga salapi: Kong siya usa man ka ganghaan, Among salipdan siya sa mga tabla nga cedro. |
| Chinese | 他 若 是 牆 、 我 們 要 在 其 上 建 造 銀 塔 . 他 若 是 門 、 我 們 要 用 香 柏 木 板 圍 護 他 。 |
| Croatian | Ako bude poput zida, sagradit æemo na njemu krunište od srebra; ako bude poput vrata, utvrdit æemo ih cedrovim daskama. |
| Danish | Er hun en Mur, så bygger vi en krone af sølv derpå, men er hun en Dør, så spærrer vi den med Cederplanke. |
| Dutch | Zo zij een muur is, wij zullen een paleis van zilver op haar bouwen; en zo zij een deur is, wij zullen haar rondom bezetten met cederen planken. |
| Finnish | Jos hän on muuri, rakennamme sille hopeasta harjan; jos hän on ovi, sen setrilaudalla suljemme." |
| French | Si elle est un mur, Nous bâtirons sur elle des créneaux d`argent; Si elle est une porte, Nous la fermerons avec une planche de cèdre. - |
| German | Ist sie eine Mauer, so wollen wir ein silbernes Bollwerk darauf bauen. Ist sie eine Tür, so wollen wir sie festigen mit Zedernbohlen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Andaikata ia sebuah tembok, akan kami dirikan menara perak di atasnya. Andaikata ia sebuah gapura, akan kami palangi dengan kayu cemara. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jikalau bagai dewala adanya, kitapun akan membuat maligai perak di atasnya; jikalau bagai pintu adanya, kitapun akan menyakatkan dia dengan papan kayu araz. |
| Italian | Se fosse un muro, le costruiremmo sopra un recinto d'argento; se fosse una porta, la rafforzeremmo con tavole di cedro. |
| Maori | Ki te mea he taiepa ia, ka hanga e tatou he pourewa ki runga ki a ia, he mea hiriwa: ki te mea he tatau ia, ka whakakopakina ia e tatou ki nga papa hita. |
| Norwegian | Er hun en mur, vil vi bygge på den tinder av sølv; er hun en dør, vil vi stenge den med en sederplanke. |
| Portuguese | Se ela for um muro, edificaremos sobre ela uma torrezinha de prata; e, se ela for uma porta, cercá-la-emos com tábuas de cedro. |
| Rumanian | Dacq este zid, vom zidi niwte zimyi de argint pe ea; dar dacq este uwq, o vom knchide cu o sckndurq de cedru. - |
| Russian | еУМЙ ВЩ ПОБ ВЩМБ УФЕОБ, ФП НЩ РПУФТПЙМЙ ВЩ ОБ ОЕК РБМБФЩ ЙЪ УЕТЕВТБ; ЕУМЙ ВЩ ПОБ ВЩМБ ДЧЕТШ, ФП НЩ ПВМПЦЙМЙ ВЩ ЕЕ ЛЕДТПЧЩНЙ ДПУЛБНЙ. |
| Spanish | Si ella es muralla, edificaremos sobre ella torreones de plata. Si ella es puerta, la recubriremos con paneles de cedro. |
| Swedish | "Är hon en mur, så bygga vi på den ett krön av silver; men är hon en dörr, så bomma vi för den med en cederplanka." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "inclose": inclosed, incloser, inclosers, incloses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: cineols. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-n-o-s" | |
-1 letter: cineol, clines, clones, colies, colins, conies, cosine, eloins, enolic, icones, insole, lesion, nicols, oleins, oscine. | |
-2 letters: ceils, cines, cions, cline, clone, clons, close, coils, coins, coles, colin, cones, cosie, eloin, enols, eosin, icons, lenis, lenos, liens, lines, linos, lions, loins, nicol, noels, noils, noise, oleic, olein, onces, scion, scone, since, slice, socle. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-l-n-o-s" | |
+1 letter: alnicoes, binocles, cholines, cineoles, colonies, colonise, eclosion, helicons, inclosed, incloser, incloses, isocline, lections, lexicons, licensor, pinocles, silicone, telsonic. | |
+2 letters: acroleins, balconies, censorial, chlorines, cloisonne, closeting, coastline, colicines, collinses, colonised, colonises, colonizes, comingles, complines, concisely, cornicles, eclosions, elections, enclosing, epsilonic, exclusion, flections, inclosers, inclosure, insolence, isoclines, licensors, lichenous, lysogenic, nucleoids, phenolics, picolines, pinochles, reclusion, replicons, sclerotin, seclusion, sectional, selection, semicolon, silicones, violences. | |
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