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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inclose
v
  1. surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
    Synonym(s): enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
  2. introduce; "Insert your ticket here"
    Synonym(s): insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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