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To confine as in a cloister; to cloister. Lovelace.

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.

One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.

The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.

To envelop as in clouds; to darken; to obscure. Milton.

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.

Inclosed; confined. Included stamens (Bot.), such as are shorter than the floral envelopes, or are concealed within them.

Capable of being included.

A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredo navalis) is an example.

The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy. Sir W. Temple.

Inclosing; encircling; surrounding. The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow. Shak.

In an inclusive manner.

To put a coach.

Not compelled; unconstrained. [Obs.] Coles.

Not coagulable.

The state of not coalescing.

Raw; indigestible. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.

The state of not coexisting. [Obs.] Locke.

Incognito. [Colloq.] Depend upon it -- he'll remain incog. Addison.