Unclose

//ʌnˈkləʊz// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To open; to unclench. transitive

    "They measured it to some considerable length—another door presented itself to the searching hand of Carlstadt the Baron, but resisted the repeated efforts made to unclose it."

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"They measured it to some considerable length—another door presented itself to the searching hand of Carlstadt the Baron, but resisted the repeated efforts made to unclose it."

Etymology

From un- + close.

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