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unclose

verb
/ʌnˈkləʊz/UK

Etymology

From un- + close.

  1. derived from *kleh₂w-✻
  2. derived from clausus
  3. derived from clos
  4. inherited from clos — “close, shut up, confined, secret”
  5. inherited from clȳsan
  6. inherited from clusen — “to close”
  7. inherited from closen
  8. prefixed as unclose — “un + close”

Definitions

  1. To open

    To open; to unclench.

    • 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.
    • His eyes he opened, shut, again unclosed, / For all was doubt and dizziness […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA