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Verb: enclose  en'klowz or in'klowz
  1. Surround, cover or wrap completely
    "Fog enclosed the house";
    - envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap
     
  2. Close in
    "darkness enclosed him";
    - hold in, confine
     
  3. Place, set, or put something inside or within something else
    "She enclosed a check with the letter";
    - insert, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
     
  4. Surround completely
    "Darkness enclosed him";
    - close in, inclose, shut in

Derived forms: enclosed, encloses, enclosing

Type of: bear, border, carry, contain, cover, environ, hold, lay, place, pose, position, put, ring, set, skirt, surround

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