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(1):

(v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.

(2):

(v. t.) An inclosed place.

(3):

(v. t.) the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.

(4):

(v. t.) A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;

(5):

(v. t.) A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.