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Shutting in or confining; Surrounding; Containing; Including.

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Usage examples (34)
  • I am enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope with my manuscript.
  • Verb (used with object), : a valley enclosed by tall mountains. ,to enclose land. ,He enclosed a check. A book was sent with the bill enclosed. ,His...
  • Dunn, he wrote, had succeeded in enclosing a whole people in glass cases ....
  • Lisa Cantini Seguin is not keen on the idea of enclosing her father's mural in a false wall.
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