1.To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.
2.To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five. "The whole included race, his purposed prey." "The loss of such a lord includes all harm."
3.To conclude; to end; to terminate. (Obs.) "Come, let us go; we will include all jars With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity."
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