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Enclose

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Manner of action 51

Bank 76% connected

A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.

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Bathe 76% connected

To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

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Benight 76% connected

To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.

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Border 76% connected

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Bower 76% connected

One who bows or bends.

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Bury 76% connected

A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's

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Capsulate 76% connected

Alt. of Capsulated

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Capsule 76% connected

a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily,…

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Case 76% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Casket 76% connected

A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc.

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Catheterize 76% connected

To operate on with a catheter.

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Cocoon 76% connected

An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval sta…

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Corral 76% connected

A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, e…

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Cup 76% connected

A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, c…

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Dike 76% connected

A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.

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Dyke 76% connected

See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.

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Embank 76% connected

To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.

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Embower 76% connected

To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees.

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Encase 76% connected

To inclose as in a case. See Incase.

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Engulf 76% connected

To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

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Enshrine 76% connected

To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.

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Enshroud 76% connected

To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud.

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Feed 76% connected

of Fee

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Fence 76% connected

That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

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Foist 76% connected

A light and fast-sailing ship.

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Fort 76% connected

A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisa…

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Fortify 76% connected

To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

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Frame 76% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Glass 76% connected

A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or…

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Hedge 76% connected

A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrub…

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Hide 76% connected

To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

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Immerse 76% connected

Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

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Incase 76% connected

To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.

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Inject 76% connected

To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject mo…

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Inoculate 76% connected

To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.

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Insert 76% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

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Inset 76% connected

To infix.

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Interlard 76% connected

To place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean.

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Intersperse 76% connected

To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book.

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Plug 76% connected

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

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Rail 76% connected

An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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Sheathe 76% connected

To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.

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Shoot 76% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Shrine 76% connected

A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.

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Shroud 76% connected

That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Swallow 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They h…

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Tube 76% connected

A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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Tuck 76% connected

A long, narrow sword; a rapier.

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Broader term 16

Bear 76% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Border 76% connected

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Contain 76% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Environ 76% connected

To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Ring 76% connected

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Skirt 76% connected

The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

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Surround 76% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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Confinement 74% connected

Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

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Confinement 74% connected

Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

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Inclosure 74% connected

The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.

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Inclosure 74% connected

The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.

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Synonym 8

Confine 92% connected

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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Enfold 92% connected

To infold. See Infold.

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Envelop 92% connected

To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a…

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Enwrap 92% connected

To envelop. See Inwrap.

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Inclose 92% connected

To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…

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Insert 92% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

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Introduce 92% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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Wrap 92% connected

To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.

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