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English
Etymology
From up- + close.
Verb
upclose (third-person singular simple present upcloses, present participle upclosing, simple past and past participle upclosed)
- (poetic) To close up.
1909, Thomas Hardy, Panthera:My pains are otherwise: upclosing cramps / And stiffened tendons from this country's damps.
- a. 1843, unknown author (initialled N. P. S.), "Lines to an Alabaster Sarcophagus"
- Some pious Thebans, when the storm was past, / Upclosed the sepulchre with cunning skill.
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