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Webster 1913 Edition
Include
In-clude′
,Verb.
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. Milton.
The loss of such a lord
includes
all harm. Shakespeare
3.
To conclude; to end; to terminate.
[Obs.]
Syn. – To contain; inclose; comprise; comprehend; embrace; involve.
Webster 1828 Edition
Include
INCLU'DE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To confine within; to hold; to contain; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell. [But in these senses we more commonly use inclose.]2.
To comprise; to comprehend; to contain. The history of England necessarily includes a portion of that of France. The word duty, includes what we owe to God, to our fellow men, and to ourselves; it includes also a tax payable to the government.