upclose

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English

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Etymology

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From up- +‎ close.

Verb

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upclose (third-person singular simple present upcloses, present participle upclosing, simple past and past participle upclosed)

  1. (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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