Include /(?)/

In·clude

Include

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Included; p. pr. & vb. n. Including

  1. To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.
  2. To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five.
    The whole included race, his purposed prey.
    The loss of such a lord includes all harm.
  3. To conclude; to end; to terminate. [Obs.]
    Come, let us go; we will include all jars With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.