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.-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.-to conclude; to end; to terminate.