Definition of "inclose"

inclose

verb
third-person singular simple present incloses, present participle inclosing, simple past and past participle inclosed
1. (now uncommon) Alternative form of enclose
  Quotations
  Vesalius (saith he) and others, make it a Peculiarity to Man, that the Pericardium, or Bag that incloses the Heart, should be fastned to the Diaphragm.
  1727, John Ray, The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the Creation‎, page 225
  From the stock, as well as from the branches, rises a jonquil flower, the pistil of which contains the husk which incloses the fruit.
  1776, Abbé Resnal, translated by J. Justamond, A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies‎, translation of original in French
  The spores of the covered smut are often retained till harvest by a thin membrane inclosing the smutted kernel and chaff, while the naked smut is usually all blown away long before harvest.
  1898, Walter Tennyson Swingle, The grain smuts: how they are caused and how to prevent them‎