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[ verb ] enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
Examples "Fog enveloped the house" Used in print (Eugene E. Golay, Organizing the Local Church for Effect...)A helpful leaflet may be enclosed in the letter . (The Family Handyman, 11:5...)The roof timbers are precut and the panels standard so_that the house can be completely enclosed in a matter of three or four days . (Mary Savage, Just for Tonight....)It enclosed her clammy hands and twined around her ankles . |
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[ verb ] close in or confine
Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)But they are still enclosed in their larval cells and remain there throughout the summer , fall , and winter . (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)The trompe-l'oeil illusion here is no_longer enclosed between parallel flatnesses , but seems to thrust through the surface of the drawing_paper and establish depth on top of_it . |
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[ verb ] surround completely
Examples "Darkness enclosed him" Used in print (David Alexander, Bloodstain....)He splashed on , mud sucking at his feet with each step , until he reached the end of the drainage_ditch and the beginning of the fence that enclosed the farm . |
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