v. Also 6–7 enclowd, 7 incloude, -owd. [f. EN-1 + CLOUD sb.] trans. To surround with or envelop in a cloud; to overshadow, darken. Also fig. Hence Enclouded ppl. a.
1591. Spenser, Virg. Gnat, 571. The heauens on euerie side enclowded bee.
1602. Davison, Rhapsody (1611), 25. Darknesse oft that light in cloudes.
1606. Shaks., Ant. & Cl., V. ii. 212. In their thicke breathes shall we be enclowded.
1610. Healey, St. Aug. Citie of God, I. xxi. (1620), 31. Mortall men … are most commonly inclowded in a mist of ignorance and errour.
a. 1641. Bp. Mountagu, Acts & Mon. (1642), 117. Stars are enclowded oftentimes. Ibid., 126. Now for the secret and enclouded sense.
1844. A. B. Welby, Poems (1867), 11. When death’s shadows my bosom encloud.
1856. R. A. Vaughan, Mystics (ed. 4), II. IX. iii. 192. Mark the advantage of this enclouded state.
