From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Include \In*clude"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Included}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Including}.] [L. includere, inclusum; pref. in- in + claudere to shut. See {Close}, and cf. {Enclose}.]
1. To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.
2. To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five.
The whole included race, his purposed prey. --Milton.
The loss of such a lord includes all harm. --Shak.
3. To conclude; to end; to terminate. [Obs.]
Come, let us go; we will include all jars With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. --Shak.
Syn: To contain; inclose; comprise; comprehend; embrace; involve.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" [ant: {exclude}]
2: consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits" [ant: {exclude}]
3: add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; "We must include this chemical element in the group"
4: allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" [syn: {admit}, {let in}] [ant: {exclude}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
163 Moby Thesaurus words for "include": accouple, accumulate, add, admit, agglutinate, allow for, amalgamate, amass, articulate, assemble, assimilate, associate, band, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blend, blockade, bond, bound, box in, bracket, bridge, bridge over, cage, catalogue, categorize, cement, chain, chamber, clap together, classify, close in, coalesce, collect, combine, come together, compass, complete, compound, comprehend, comprise, concatenate, conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consolidate, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, copulate, cordon, cordon off, corral, count, count in, couple, cover, embed, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, enshrine, envisage, fence in, file, fill, fill in, fill out, flux, fuse, gather, glue, group, hedge in, hem in, hold, house in, impound, imprison, incarcerate, incorporate, integrate, interblend, interfuse, internalize, involve, jail, join, keep within, kennel, knot, lay together, league, leaguer, link, list, lump together, make one, marry, marshal, mass, meld, melt into one, merge, mew, mew up, mix, mobilize, number, number among, occupy, pair, pen, pen in, piece together, pocket, put in, put together, quarantine, rail in, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, reembody, register, roll into one, shade into, shrine, shut in, shut up, solder, solidify, span, splice, stable, stick together, subsume, surround, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, tabulate, take in, take into account, take into consideration, take up, tape, tie, unify, unite, wall in, weld, wrap, yard, yard up, yoke
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
1. To duplicate a portion (or whole) of another's message (typically with attribution to the source) in a reply or followup, for clarifying the context of one's response. See the discussion of inclusion styles under "Hacker Writing Style". 2. [from {C}] '#include ' has appeared in {sig block}s to refer to a notional 'standard {disclaimer} file'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
1. To duplicate a portion (or whole) of another's message (typically with attribution to the source) in a reply or followup, for clarifying the context of one's response. See the discussion of inclusion styles under "Hacker Writing Style". 2. [{C}] "#include " has appeared in {sig block}s to refer to a notional "standard {disclaimer} file". [{Jargon File}]
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