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Webster 1913 Edition
Enclave
En-clave′
,Noun.
[F., fr. L.
in
+ clavus
a nail.] A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See
Exclave
. [Recent]
En-clave′
,Verb.
T.
[Cf. F.
enclaver
.] To inclose within an alien territory.
[Recent]