Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Include

Include , transitive verb

[Latin includere, inclusum; pref. in- in + claudere to shut. See Close, and compare Enclose.]

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. — Milton
The loss of such a lord includes all harm. — Shakespeare
3.
To conclude; to end; to terminate. [Obsolete]
Come, let us go; we will include all jars With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. — Shakespeare