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Enclosable vs Enclose – What’s the difference?

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Enclosable vs Enclose - What's the difference?
Enclosable is a see also of enclose.As a adjective enclosable is capable of being enclosed. As a verb enclose is to surround with a wall, fence, etc.

enclosable

English

Adjective

(–)

  • Capable of being enclosed.

    • enclose

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (enclos)

  • To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
  • To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package.
  • To hold or contain.

    • Usage notes

    * Until about 1820, it was common to spell this word, and the derived terms encloser” and ”enclosure”, with ”in-” (i.e. as ”inclose”, ”incloser”, ”inclosure”). Since 1820, the forms with ”en- have predominated.[//books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=enclose%2Cinclose%2Cencloser%2Cincloser%2Cenclosure%2Cinclosure&year_start=1650&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cenclose%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cinclose%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cencloser%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cincloser%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cenclosure%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cinclosure%3B%2Cc0 Google Books Ngram Data]

    See also

    * encircle
    * encloser
    * enclosable

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