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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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "including": added to, along with, as well as, assimilating, attended by, compact of, composed of, composing, comprising, consisting of, constituting, contained in, containing, counting, coupled with, covering, embodied in, embodying, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, envisaging, formed of, in addition to, in conjunction with, inclusive, inclusive of, incorporating, let alone, linked to, made of, made out of, made up of, not to mention, numbering, over and above, plus, subsuming, together with, with
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