Include

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Include \In*clude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Included}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Including}.] [L. includere, inclusum; pref. in- in +
     claudere to shut. See {Close}, and cf. {Enclose}.]
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     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.
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     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.
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              The whole included race, his purposed prey.
                                                    --Milton.
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              The loss of such a lord includes all harm. --Shak.
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     3. To conclude; to end; to terminate. [Obs.]
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              Come, let us go; we will include all jars
              With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. --Shak.
  
     Syn: To contain; inclose; comprise; comprehend; embrace;
          involve.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  include
       v 1: have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the
            names of many famous writers" [ant: {exclude}]
       2: consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of
          culprits" [ant: {exclude}]
       3: add as part of something else; put in as part of a set,
          group, or category; "We must include this chemical element
          in the group"
       4: allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to
          exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of;
          "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to
          the New Jersey Bar" [syn: {admit}, {let in}] [ant: {exclude}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  163 Moby Thesaurus words for "include":
     accouple, accumulate, add, admit, agglutinate, allow for,
     amalgamate, amass, articulate, assemble, assimilate, associate,
     band, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blend, blockade, bond, bound,
     box in, bracket, bridge, bridge over, cage, catalogue, categorize,
     cement, chain, chamber, clap together, classify, close in,
     coalesce, collect, combine, come together, compass, complete,
     compound, comprehend, comprise, concatenate, conglobulate, conjoin,
     conjugate, connect, consolidate, contain, coop, coop in, coop up,
     copulate, cordon, cordon off, corral, count, count in, couple,
     cover, embed, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass,
     enfold, enshrine, envisage, fence in, file, fill, fill in,
     fill out, flux, fuse, gather, glue, group, hedge in, hem in, hold,
     house in, impound, imprison, incarcerate, incorporate, integrate,
     interblend, interfuse, internalize, involve, jail, join,
     keep within, kennel, knot, lay together, league, leaguer, link,
     list, lump together, make one, marry, marshal, mass, meld,
     melt into one, merge, mew, mew up, mix, mobilize, number,
     number among, occupy, pair, pen, pen in, piece together, pocket,
     put in, put together, quarantine, rail in, receive, reckon among,
     reckon in, reckon with, reembody, register, roll into one,
     shade into, shrine, shut in, shut up, solder, solidify, span,
     splice, stable, stick together, subsume, surround, syncretize,
     syndicate, synthesize, tabulate, take in, take into account,
     take into consideration, take up, tape, tie, unify, unite, wall in,
     weld, wrap, yard, yard up, yoke
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  include vt. [Usenet] 1. To duplicate a portion (or whole) of another's
     message (typically with attribution to the source) in a reply or
     followup, for clarifying the context of one's response. See the
     discussion of inclusion styles under "Hacker Writing Style". 2. [from
     {C}] `#include ' has appeared in {sig block}s to refer to
     a notional `standard {disclaimer} file'.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  include
       
          [{Usenet}] 1. To duplicate a portion (or whole) of another's
          message (typically with attribution to the source) in a reply
          or followup, for clarifying the context of one's response.
          See the discussion of inclusion styles under "Hacker Writing
          Style".
       
          2. [{C}] "#include " has appeared in {sig
          block}s to refer to a notional "standard {disclaimer} file".
       
          [{Jargon File}]