encloser
English
editAlternative forms
edit- incloser (archaic)
Etymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editencloser (plural enclosers)
- (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’.
- More generally, someone or something that encloses something.
- (programming) An object, procedure, or other portion of code that defines the scope of a variable.
Usage notes
edit- For more on the spelling of this word, see enclose.
Anagrams
editOld French
editEtymology
editFrom the conjugated forms of enclore, such as enclosons, enclosez. Compare modern French fuiter for a similar formation.
Verb
editencloser
- to enclose (form, create a boundary)
Conjugation
editThis 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 | ||||||
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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
edit- encloser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (encloser is listed below enclore)
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