enclose (v.)
seize, grip, imprison
1H6 I.i.136[Third Messenger to all, of Talbot's forces] Enclosed were they with their enemies [i.e. by their enemies]
TNK III.i.30.1[Arcite alone, as if to Palamon, of Emilia] if / Thou knewest my mistress breathed on me ... / What passion would enclose thee!
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