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verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To close up. poetic

    "My pains are otherwise: upclosing cramps / And stiffened tendons from this country's damps."

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"My pains are otherwise: upclosing cramps / And stiffened tendons from this country's damps."

Etymology

From up- + close.

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