verb
definition
To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
example
to enclose lands
definition
To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package
example
Please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope if you require a reply.
Examples of enclose in a Sentence
Hills nearly enclose the city, protecting it from the ocean fogs.
I enclose a ticket, hoping that you will come.
Steep rocky hills enclose the vale.
The r6th-century lines of fortification enclose a very much larger area than the Roman city, forming a great loop to the west, and also including a considerable space on the left bank of the river.
Its walls date from the end of the 13th century, replacing earlier fortifications, and enclose a space much larger than that now covered by the town.
But the valleys, especially those on the western side, are warm and healthy, enclose good pasture land and furnish fruits and wine in rich profusion.
Then it again rises gradually as it approaches the hilly tracts which enclose the great plain.
The site of the Samnite city, which in the 4th century B.C. had a coinage of its own, is not known; the Roman town lay in the valley of the Vulturnus, and its walls (4th century) enclose a circuit of 12 m., in which are preserved remains of large baths (Thermae Herculis) and a theatre.
The level of this depression (once a vast inland sea) between the mountains which enclose the sources of the Hwang-ho and the Sarikol range probably never exceeds 2000 ft.
The lower ridges of the frontier mountain system are usually bare and treeless, but here and there, as in the Kaitu valley, in northern Waziristan and round Kaniguram in the south, are forest clad and enclose narrow but fertile and well-irrigated dales.
To remedy these defects vestibules were introduced, to enclose the platform with a housing so arranged as to be continuous when the cars are made up into trains, and fitted with side doors for ingress and egress when the trains are standing.
The Natal invaders fell back to the mountains which enclose the north of the colony; Oliver and Schoeman retired from Cape Colony before the small forces of Gatacre and Clements; and the presidents of the republics, realizing that the British Empire was capable of more resistance than they had calculated upon, put forward feelers aiming at the restoration of the status quo before the war.
At the two extremities of New Caledonia, parallel longitudinal ranges of mountains enclose valleys; for the rest the island consists essentially of confused masses and ranges of mountains, rising to an extreme elevation of 5387 ft., the plains being chiefly the deltas of rivers.
Please enclose a stamped address envelope with checks for return of tickets.
Tie the ring to a cute teddy bear, add it to a heart-shaped box of chocolates, place it in a rose-shaped ring jewelry box, or enclose it in a children's Valentine's Day card.
Soult and Murat attacked his rearguard on the 3rd, and learning from his Cossacks that the French corps were being directed so as to swing round and enclose him, he withdrew by a night march and ultimately succeeded in getting his whole army, with the exception of von Lestocq's Prussians, together in the strong position along the Alle, the centre of which is marked by Preussisch-Eylau.
After a few days, when the mantle bearing the shell valves has developed so much as to enclose the whole body, the young cockle sinks to the bottom and commences to follow the habits of the adult..
The cap will spread over and enclose the four segment-cells.
The walls of Si-gan enclose a square space of 6 m.
If the gifts are to be shipped, you can enclose a gift receipt - a printed receipt that does not have the actual price on it - just in case the recipient needs to exchange the item.
Enclose a check written out to GE Money with your account number in the subject field.
If you don't send your statement back with your check, you may want to enclose a note with your name and your account number to ensure that your payment gets credited properly.
If a media center is present, enclose it behind doors.
These heavy walls will enclose the entire tent.
Enclose the result in a card, or read it aloud over a romantic dinner.
Have the florist enclose a note explaining why you chose each bloom.
From each end of the house a curved colonnade and a pavement lead westerly to a row of out-buildings which partially enclose a bowling green and spacious lawn with shaded drives and walks, and beautiful gardens (with trees planted by Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Lafayette and others).
These two ranges (described under Gobi) are apparently eastern prolongations, the former of the Khaidyk-tagh or Khaidu-tagh, and the latter of the Kok-teke Mountains, which enclose on north and south respectively the Yulduz valley and the Lake of Bagrash-kul.
Two jetties enclose a channel leading into the river, which forms a tidal basin with a depth at neap-tides of 24 ft.
Finally, the BohemianMoravian Mountains, which enclose Bohemia and Moravia, and form the so-called quadrilateral of Bohemia, constitute the link of the Austrian mountain-system with the hilly region (the Mittelgebirge) of central Europe.
If three equilateral triangles be placed at a common vertex with their covertical sides coincident in pairs, it is seen that the base is an equal equilateral triangle; hence four equal equilateral triangles enclose a space.
The common sunflower (the most conspicuous weed of the state) and allied flowers, which spring up in myriads even in the midst of unbroken prairie wherever this is disturbed, line the roads with yellow bands from horizon to horizon, enclose the broken fields and choke waste places.
Some have swinging plastic doors to completely enclose the litter pan.
They enclose the jaws (j), mouth (M), and opening of the salivary glands (o.·), and so give rise to the buccal cavity.
If the margins of such a receptacle be developed upwards, the centre not developing, a concave receptacle is formed, which may partially or completely enclose a number of flowers that are generally unisexual.
A number of hairy linear bracts enclose the whole; internal to these occur 12 to 20 crowded pinnate leaves (sporophylls), with their apical portions bent over towards the axis of the flower, the bases of the petioles being fused laterally into a disk surrounding the base of the conical receptacle.
Boards were used to enclose the rails on the tower battlements.
For example, HTML uses angle brackets to enclose HTML tags.
I further enclose a few remarks suggested by the appended list and an account of small sums disbursed to needy persons.
The landowner of the time may have moved them away to make a park or to enclose farmland.
Please enclose a stamped sae for response & returns * to avoid loss of format in e-mail subs please underline italics.
To include a literal] or - in the list, the simplest method is to enclose it in [.
Applications for tickets should state which day you will attend, and enclose a check payable to Guildford Museum.
If you are unable to purchase British postage stamps please enclose two International Reply Coupons with your self addressed envelope.
If you wish to be kept informed of any bids exceeding yours, enclose a postcard or SASE with your bid.
Please tick membership type required and enclose the correct remittance.
A wing is an outgrowth from the dorsal and pleural regions of the thoracic segment that bears it, and microscopic examination shows it to consist of a double layer of cuticularized skin, the two layers being in contact except where they are thickened and folded to form the firm tubular nervures, which serve as a supporting framework for the wing membrane, enclose air-tubes, and convey blood.
The mountain systems enclose two extensive plains, the smaller of which, called the " Little Hungarian Alfdld " or " Pressburg Basin," covers an area of about 6000 sq.
The two volumes of his speeches, as edited by James Redpath, were fortunately made from verbatim reports, and they wisely enclose in parentheses those indications of favour or dissent from the audience which transformed so many of his speeches into exhibitions of gladiatorial skill.
I do not write on a Braille tablet, as you suppose, but on a grooved board like the piece which I enclose.