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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inclose \In*close"\, verb (used with an object) [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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