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2. To end, terminate, or come to a
period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.

3. To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand
fight.

They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand
contest.

Prescott.

To close on or upon,
to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in.
"Would induce France and Holland to close upon some
measures between them to our disadvantage." Sir W. Temple.
-- To close with. (a) To
accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the
terms proposed. (b) To make an agreement
with. -- To close with the land
(Naut.), to approach the land.

Close (?), n. 1.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
[Obs.]

The doors of plank were; their close
exquisite.

Chapman.

2. Conclusion; cessation; ending;
end.

His long and troubled life was drawing to a
close.

Macaulay.

3. A grapple in wrestling.


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