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▪ I. † reclose, v.1 Obs.—1
[ad. L. reclūs- (see recluse v.), after close.]
trans. To shut up, confine.
1382Wyclif Wisd. xvii. 15 Theraftir if any of hem hadde falle doun, he was kept in prisoun, with oute iren, reclosid.
▪ II. reclose, v.2|riːˈkləʊz|
[re- 5 a.]
To close again. a. intr.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. M j, To kepe the lyppes of woundes open..that the rottennes reclose nat but come out. 1846Lytton New Timon (ed. 3) 203 The winds leap forth, the cloven deeps reclose. 1894A. Webster Mother & Dau. (1895) 19 The broad blue lightnings flamed the sky;..And sudden dark re-closed when it went by.
b. trans.
1661Hickeringill Jamaica 41 Arguments, that perswaded the Spaniard to reclose and dam up a rich Silver Vein. a1711Ken Sion Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 402 My broken Heart Love fill'd, and Love reclos'd. 1725Pope Odyss. i. 552 The silver ring she pull'd, the door reclosed. 1822Byron Werner iii. iv, You reclosed the panel? 1885Truth 28 May 844/1 The receiver of it reclosed the envelope. |