Inclose
/ɪnˈkloʊz/noun
To surround or fence something in; an older spelling of "enclose."
Did you know?Inclose is an older English spelling of enclose, and both go back to the Latin idea of shutting something in with a close, locked-off boundary.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
clausus
“shut, closed”
Late Latin
Latin
inclausare
“to shut in, enclose”
Old French
Old French
enclos
“enclosed land or a fenced-in place”
Middle English
English
inclose
“to enclose, surround, fence in”
Modern English
English
enclose
“to surround on all sides; to put inside something”