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v. t. [ Pref. en- + clasp. Cf. Inclasp. ] To clasp. See Inclasp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. in + clavus a nail. ] A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. enclaver. ] To inclose within an alien territory. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] The state of being an enclave. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gram.) A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. encliticus, Gr. 'egkli`tikos, fr. 'egkli`nein to incline; 'en in + kli`nein to bend. See In, and Lean, v. i. ] (Gram.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. Walker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gram.) The art of declining and conjugating words. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Incloister. ] To shut up in a cloister; to cloister. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. enclos, p. p. of enclore to enclose; pref. en- (L. in) + clore to close. See Close, and cf. Inclose, Include. ] To inclose. See Inclose. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. surrounded or closed in, usually on all sides. Opposite of unenclosed. [ Narrower terms: basined; capsulate, capsulated; closed, closed in(predicate); coarctate; confined, fenced in, penned; embedded, fixed; embedded, surrounded; encircled; enveloped; fogbound; self-enclosed; surrounded, encircled ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the act of surrounding something with something else, so that it is inside the surrounding object.
Syn. -- inclosing, enclosure, envelopment, enveloping, inclosure. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Inclosure. See Inclosure. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To clothe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Incloud. ] To envelop in clouds; to cloud. [ R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. nomen name + calare to call. See Name, and Calendar. ] 1. One who calls persons or things by their names. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Rome, candidates for office were attended each by a nomenclator, who informed the candidate of the names of the persons whom they met and whose votes it was desirable to solicit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or vocabulary of technical names. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female nomenclator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining or according to a nomenclature. [ 1913 Webster ]