encloses

verbput inside, surround

Synonyms for encloses

verb put inside, surround

Antonyms for encloses

Word Origin & History

early 14c., from en- (1) + close, and partially from Old French enclos, past participle of enclore.

Specific sense of "to fence in waste or common ground" for the purpose of cultivation or to give it to private owners, is from c.1500. Meaning "place a document with a letter for transmission" is from 1707. Related: Enclosed; enclosing.

Example Sentences for encloses

Here is a letter from mother, and it encloses a letter from dad!

It encloses four acres, and has a large depot for ordnance, arms, &c.

Encloses a draft of a Proclamation for the suspension of hostilities.

The lower part of the bract forms a sheath which encloses the ovary.

On the urn that encloses his ashes should be these words: Liberator of Men.

But how will the artist avoid the corruption of his time which encloses him on all hands?

It encloses a thousand acres belonging to the New Race University.

The membrane of the vesicular nucleus is thin, but firm, and encloses a clear or finely granular mass of nuclein.

Central capsule thin-walled, without oil-globules, four times as broad as the nucleus, which encloses one single nucleolus.

Where man inhabits houses, he also encloses his gods in temples.