单词 | reinclose |
释义 | reinclosev. Now rare. transitive. To enclose again. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > again re-enclose1598 reinclose1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Renclorre, to reinclose. 1616 T. Adams Sacrifice of Thankefulnesse 40 The Man remooues the other Stone, as it was before, and reincloseth the Serpent. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 215 In this letter I re-inclosed her bill. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxv. 419 She..re-inclosed her brilliant guests in their place of confinement. 1860 M. A. Mackarness Minnie's Love xviii. 253 She sat down to think, for a few minutes, and then hastily opening her desk, she wrote this answer, reinclosing the slip of paper. 1898 Times 28 Nov. 9/6 Under the New Forest Act of 1877 they cannot be reinclosed or in any way protected with a view to their regeneration. 2004 P. A. Emison Creating ‘Divine’ Artist ii. 65 Academies of Fine Arts effectively reinclosed the painter in a guild-like society of peers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1611 |
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