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include(dictionary)

include (iou)



include verb trans. LME.
[Latin includere, formed as IN-2 + claudere to shut.]
Shut in; enclose. obsolete exc. in pass. LME.
Contain as part of a whole or as a subordinate element; contain by implication, involve. LME.
W. Cruise A power of appointment..includes a right to appoint..absolutely. V. Woolf Nor is it true that bananas include moisture as well as sustenance. G. Orwell An underground organization which had included almost every human being he had ever known.
Place in a class or category; treat or regard as part of a whole; allow to share in a right, privilege, or activity. M16.
include in joc. & colloq. specifically include. include out joc. & colloq. specifically exclude.
D. Welch She..did not seem to mind when Li..did not include her in the invitation. A. Briggs Harrington included the gentry in his 'nobility', but historians..distinguished between the two.
Bring to a close, conclude. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
includable adjective L18.
includible adjective E19.