encloser

English

Alternative forms

• incloser (archaic)

Etymology

From enclose +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkləʊzə/

Noun

encloser (plural enclosers)

1. (now chiefly historical) Someone who appropriates common land.
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 94:

     It was said, for example, that […] the families of notorious enclosers always died out in three generations […] .

   • 1991, Victor Magagna, Communities of Grain:

     Ironically, it was the encloser who had acted in an unbounded manner by violating the institutional boundaries of local community power.

   • 2001, Braddick & Walters (Eds.), Negotiating Power in Early Modern Society, page 133:

     In one episode during the long-running dispute over enclosure at Grewelthorpe Moor in Yorkshire, the women of the community followed the encloser on to the moor and, ‘fallinge downe upon their knees, and some of them weepinge for the loss of their Comon, desired…[him] to be good unto them’.

2. More generally, someone or something that encloses something.
3. (programming) An object, procedure, or other portion of code that defines the scope of a variable.

Usage notes

• For more on the spelling of this word, see enclose.

Anagrams

• Lecrones, Lorences, ensorcel, re-clones, reclones

Old French

Etymology

From the conjugated forms of enclore, such as enclosons, enclosez. Compare modern French fuiter for a similar formation.

Verb

encloser

1. to enclose (form, create a boundary)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of encloser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		encloser			avoir enclosé
gerund		en enclosant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		enclosant
past participle		enclosé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	enclos	encloses	enclose	enclosons	enclosez	enclosent
	imperfect	enclosoie, encloseie, enclosoe, encloseve	enclosoies, encloseies, enclosoes, encloseves	enclosoit, encloseit, enclosot, encloseve	enclosiiens, enclosiens	enclosiiez, enclosiez	enclosoient, encloseient, enclosoent, enclosevent
	preterite	enclosai	enclosas	enclosa	enclosames	enclosastes	encloserent
	future	encloserai	encloseras	enclosera	encloserons	encloseroiz, enclosereiz, encloserez	encloseront
	conditional	encloseroie, enclosereie	encloseroies, enclosereies	encloseroit, enclosereit	encloseriiens, encloseriens	encloseriiez, encloseriez	encloseroient, enclosereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	enclos	enclos	enclost	enclosons	enclosez	enclosent
	imperfect	enclosasse	enclosasses	enclosast	enclosissons, enclosissiens	enclosissoiz, enclosissez, enclosissiez	enclosassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	enclose	—	enclosons	enclosez	—

References

• encloser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (encloser is listed below enclore)