encloser

English

Alternative forms

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 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

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 Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— enclose — enclosons enclosez —

References
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