Associations to the word «Enclose»

Wiktionary

ENCLOSE, verb. (transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
ENCLOSE, verb. (transitive) To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package.
ENCLOSE, verb. (intransitive) To hold or contain.

Dictionary definition

ENCLOSE, verb. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house".
ENCLOSE, verb. Close in; darkness enclosed him".
ENCLOSE, verb. Surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence".
ENCLOSE, verb. Introduce; "Insert your ticket here".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats