† infencev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To enclose in, or as in, a fence; to fence in.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)]
beloukOE
pind?c1225
closec1275
beshuta1300
to shut about13..
umbclosec1330
to close about1340
aclosec1350
in close1393
enclose?a1400
tinec1400
concludea1425
includec1425
wallc1430
underclosec1440
inclusea1450
hedgec1500
lista1513
inrail1523
interclude1524
fence1535
parclose1535
riba1547
pale1570
impale1579
embay1582
immure1583
upclosec1590
enchase1591
interclose1592
recinct1598
underfong1599
intermure1606
bound1609
engirt1627
bosom1637
infence1652
cancellate1664
circumclude1677
embosomc1750
comprehend1807
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila v. xi. 68 Tomes full of mystick Characters enfense Those Seas of Blisse!
Derivatives
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > enclosed > by a fence or paling
paled1531
impaled1549
palisadoed1612
infenced1613
picketed1755
palisaded1793
ring-fenced1796
fenced in1957
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > that will serve as a fence > having a fence or paling
paled1531
impaled1549
mounded1565
palisadoed1612
infenced1613
picketed1755
palisaded1793
fenced in1957
1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 158 The ill administration of Iustice..threw open agayne..this ill infensed closure.
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