Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
begird | (Arch.) to bind with a band or girdle. |
begirdle | to surround as with a girdle. |
begirt | (PaP.) BEGIRD, to bind with a girdle. |
bosom | the breast (verb) to enclose in the bosom |
cage | a compartment or enclosure, usually made from bars and wires; (verb) to enclose in a cage. |
cager | one who cages. |
capsulise | to condense, to enclose in a capsule. |
capsulize | to condense, to enclose in a capsule. |
cinct | surrounded, encircled. |
circle | a plane figure bounded by one line every point of which is equally distant from a fixed point called the centre; (verb) to enclose, encircle. |
circler | one who encircles. |
circummure | (Shakesp.) to wall round. |
circumscribe | to draw a line around, to surround by or as if by a boundary. |
circumscriber | one who circumscribes. |
circumscription | the act of circumscribing, drawing a line around. |
circumvent | to go round, to get round. |
claustration | the act of shutting in a cloister. |
closet | a small private room; a cupboard or recess; (verb) to enclose in a closet. |
cocoon | the silken sheath spun by many insect larvae; (verb) to wrap or envelop tightly. |
confinable | capable of being confined. |
confine | to shut within an enclosure. |
confinedly | (Adv.) CONFINED. |
confinement | an act of confining. |
confiner | one who, or that which, limits or restrains. |
contain | to hold within. |
containment | the act of containing. |
coop | a box or cage for poultry or small animals; (verb) to confine. |
cordon | a line of police, soldiers, etc, encircling an area so as to prevent or control passage into or out of it; (verb) to form a barrier around. |
corral | a pen for cattle; (verb) to enclose in a corral. |
disinclose | to free from being inclosed. |
embail | (Obs.) to encircle, to hoop in. |
embale | to make into a bale. |
emball | to encircle, ensphere. |
embay | to enclose in a bay. |
embed | to fix firmly into a surrounding mass. |
embedment | the act of embedding, or the state of being embedded. |
emboitement | (Fr.) encasement. |
embound | (Shakesp.) to enclose. |
empalement | a fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes. |
emure | (Shakesp.) to immure. |
encage | to confine in a cage. |
encapsulate | to enclose in or as if in a capsule. |
encapsule | to encapsulate. |
encase | to inclose in a case. |
encasement | the act of encasing; also, that which encases. |
encircle | to form a circle around. |
enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory; (verb) to surround. |
encloister | (Obs.) to shut up in a cloister. |
enclosable | that can be enclosed. |
enclose | to close in on all sides. |
encloser | one who encloses. |
enclosure | the act of enclosing. |
encompass | to surround. |
encompassment | the act of encompassing. |
encurtain | to enclose with curtains. |
encyst | to enclose in a cyst. |
encystation | the state of being encysted. |
enfold | to envelop. |
enfolder | one who enfolds. |
enfoldment | the act of enfolding. |
enframe | to enclose, as in a frame. |
engarland | to encircle with a garland, or with garlands. |
engird | to gird; to encompass. |
engirdle | to form a girdle or ring round. |
englobe | to enclose in or as in a globe. |
engulf | to surround completely. |
engulph | (Obs.) to surround completely. |
enhalo | to surround with a halo. |
enkernel | to enclose in a kernel. |
enlock | to lock in; to inclose. |
enring | to encircle. |
ensheath | to enclose as in a sheath. |
ensheathe | to enclose as in a sheath. |
enshell | to enclose in a shell. |
enshrine | to enclose (as) in a shrine. |
ensphere | to place in a sphere. |
enswathe | to swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes. |
enswathement | the act of enswathing. |
enurn | to put into an urn. |
envault | (Obs.) to enclose in a vault. |
envelop | to cover completely. |
environ | to envelop, enclose. |
enwall | to inclose or fortify as with a wall. |
enwheel | (Shakesp.) to encircle. |
enwind | to wind about; to encircle. |
enwrap | to envelop > ENWRAPT. |
enwreath | to encircle with a wreath. |
enwreathe | to surround or encompass as with a wreath. |
enzone | to engirdle or surround with a zone or belt. |
exclosure | an area shut off from intrusion. |
gird | to surround. |
girt | to gird, girth. |
hain | (Scots) to save, preserve. |
hedge | a dense row of shrubs (verb) to surround with a hedge |
imbar | (Obs.) to bar in; to secure. |
imbed | to fix firmly into a surrounding mass. |
immure | to enclose within or as if within walls. |
impark | (Arch.) to inclose for a park. |
imparkation | the act of imparking. |
incage | (Obs.) to confine in, or as in, a cage. |
incapsulate | to enclose in or as if in a capsule. |
incase | to inclose in a case; to cover or surround with something solid. |
incasement | the act of incasing. |
inclip | (Arch.) to clasp; to inclose. |
inclosable | capable of being inclosed. |
inclose | to close in on all sides. |
incloser | one who, or that which, incloses. |
inclosure | the act of inclosing; the separation of land from common ground by a fence. |
inglobe | (Milton) to enclose in or as in a globe. |
ingulf | to surround completely. |
inherce | (Shakesp.) to put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin. |
inhoop | (Shakesp.) to confine, as in a hoop. |
inlock | to lock in, or inclose. |
inorb | to set in an orb, to encircle. |
insheath | to insert as in a sheath. |
insheathe | to insert as in a sheath. |
inshell | (Shakesp.) to enclose in a shell. |
inshrine | to enclose (as) in a shrine. |
insphere | to place in a sphere; to envelop. |
inswathe | to wrap up; to swathe. |
interclude | to block; to cut off. |
intermure | (Obs.) to wall in. |
inurn | to put into an urn. |
invaginate | to ensheath. |
inwall | to inclose or fortify as with a wall. |
inwrap | to cover by wrapping > INWRAPPED or INWRAPT. |
inwrapment | the act of inwrapping. |
inwreathe | to surround or encompass as with a wreath. |
kraal | (Afrikaans) a S. African village of huts surrounded by a fence; (verb) to pen. |
mure | to wall up the doors of; to stop (up) the means of access to. |
orb | anything spherical (verb) to form into an orb |
overwrap | to wrap excessively > OVERWRAPT. |
paddock | an enclosed field under pasture; (verb) to enclose as in a paddock. |
rewrap | to wrap again. |
sheath | a holder for eg a knife (verb) to place in a sheath |
sperre | (Spenser) to bolt, bar. |
stemme | (Spenser) to encircle. |
surround | to extend completely around. |
unconfinable | not confinable. |
unenclosed | not enclosed. |
uninclosed | not enclosed. |
upgird | to gird completely. |
urn | a vase for the ashes fo the dead; (verb) to place in an urn. |
womb | the uterus (verb, Shakesp.) to enclose |
wrap | something that wraps; (verb) to enclose in something wound or folded about. |
wrapper | something that wraps; (verb) to enclose in a wrapper or dust-jacket. |
yard | an enclosed place, esp near a building; (verb) to enclose in a yard. |