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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *kleh₂u-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪŋˈkɫuː.doː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iŋˈkluː.do]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''inclūdō''' (present infinitive inclūdere, perfect active inclūsī, supine inclūsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|in-|claudō|t2=to shut]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''Claudō'' is [[m|itc-pro|*klaud-e/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*kleh₂u-d-|t=to shut]], related to [[clavis|alt=clāvis]] “key”.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Cicero writes of a decree of the senate shut up in the records.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to put in a case or receptacle, as a sword sheathed to the hilt in Statius, and to shut up people or animals, as fish in ponds, or prisoners in jail, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) It meant to lock away, conceal, to fence in an area, to close up an opening or a wound, and to bring to an end, as Propertius' “tomorrow may end our fate”.^(OLD 2012)
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+ It meant to restrict a person or a sum, and to incorporate something in a document or speech.^(OLD 2012) English ''include'' was borrowed in the early 15th century, first meaning to shut in.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of shutting up a decree and of the gods within walls.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of shutting captives in prison.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius uses it of ending one's fate.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''include'' is borrowed.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To put in, [[m|en|enclose]] (in a case).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To shut up, confine, [[m|en|imprison]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To lock away, conceal.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To fence in (an area).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To close up, stop (an opening).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To end, round off.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To restrict, limit.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To incorporate, [[m|en|include]] (in a document).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[inclūsiō]]
+ * [[inclūsor]]
+ * [[inclūsus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[circumclūdō]]
+ * [[conclūdō]]
+ * [[disclūdō]]
+ * [[exclūdō]]
+ * [[interclūdō]]
+ * [[occlūdō]]
+ * [[praeclūdō]]
+ * [[rēclūdō]]
+ * [[sēclūdō]]
+ * [[claudo]]
+ * [[en|include]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}