To lay in surrounding matter; to encrust.

To enclose in, or as if in, a case; SYN. case.

ETYM French enclos, p. p. of enclore to enclose; pref. en- (Latin in) + clore to close. Related to Close, Inclose, Include.
1. To close in or confine; SYN. hold in, confine.
2. To surround completely; SYN. inclose, shut in.

1. To give a title to; SYN. title.
2. To give the right to.

Variant of embed.

To imprison; to shut in; entomb.

1. To express or state indirectly; SYN. connote.
2. To have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; SYN. involve.
3. To suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic.

1. To confine as if in a prison;
2. To lock up in jail; SYN. incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand.

Variant of enclose.

1. To add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category.
2. To consider as part of something.
3. To have as a part, be made up out of.

1. To contain as a part
2. To engage as a participant
3. To make complex or intricate or complicated
4. To connect closely and often incriminatingly; SYN. affect, regard.
5. To occupy or engage the interest of
6. To wrap

ETYM andradic;15. Related to Hem.
To utter hem or ahem.