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enclose | x |

As a verb enclose

is to surround with a wall, fence, etc.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

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

    References

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----