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enclude

enclude is the obsolete form of include.

Meaning of include

Verb

include (third-person singular simple present includes, present participle including, simple past and past participle included)

  1. To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
    • I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
  2. To consider as part of something; to comprehend.
    • The vacation package includes car rental.
  3. (obsolete) To enclose, confine.
    • I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit., New York, 2001, p.107
  4. (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
    • Come, let us go; we will include all jars / With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  5. To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
    • You have to include the strings library to use this function.

See all 6 meanings of include

Forms of enclude

third-person singular presentencludes
present participleencluding
past participleencluded
pastencluded

Questions about enclude

What is enclude the obsolete form of?
Enclude is the obsolete form of include.

Words near enclude in the dictionary

  1. enclothing
  2. encloud
  3. enclouded
  4. enclouding
  5. enclouds
  6. enclude
  7. encluded
  8. encludes
  9. encluding
  10. enclusion
  11. encoach

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enclude (page history and authors); include (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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