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Definition of "inclosing" [inclosing]

  • Present participle of inclose. (verb)

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Use "inclosing" in a sentence
  • "Notwithstanding the vast extent of land now owned by private individuals or large monopolies, the injury to the masses is not felt in inclosing from them vast tracts of land so much as from shutting them out from more bountiful portions of nature – such as rich oil or mineral lands, or giving them no share in the valuable trading sites in every large city which their presence has helped to create."
  • "There was a valley of fifteen thousand acres on Nuka-hiva, half inclosing a perfect anchorage, which he fell in love with and bought for twelve hundred Chili dollars."
  • "I wrote the above yesterday afternoon, and in the morning came a letter from Austin inclosing the above sum (all but 16s for a stamp) He says"